"John" wrote in message
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Finally I am still not certain of the validity of Oyster Off-Peak (with or
without the railcard discount) particularly whether this is all day after
9.30 or whether there is an evening restriction.


This is not immediately obvious, and has been a regular discussion point
here.
With Oyster PAYG you have to look at 'individual journeys' and 'daily price
capping' as two seperate things.

There are peak single fares and offpeak single fares. These vary with the
time of day as follows:

Peak (used to be called higher rate) 0630 - 0930 and 1600 - 1900
Offpeak (used to be called lower rate) all other times

There is then Peak and Offpeak daily capping, this follows the same pattern
as a daily travelcard, ie pre 0930 is peak, and after 0930 is offpeak. Same
as National Rail peak/offpeak as you'd expect as well...

If your first touch in takes place before 0930, all your peak and offpeak
daily fares will be added up and capped at the daily Peak value.

If your first touch in takes place after 0930, all your peak and offpeak
daily fares will be added up and capped at the Offpeak value. Effectively,
as long as you don't touch in until after 0930, the afternoon peak fares
simply make you reach the offpeak daily cap quicker.

Hope this of help...

Paul S