"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote:
Rupert Candy wrote:

Just a quick live update from this morning:

From a short journey today:

Forest Gate - poster up telling us we can now use PAYG on national
rail. No
Oyster pad has been added to the one ticket machine at the station
(even
though it has a circle that is clearly intended for one) or at the
ticket
office window and there were no posters or leaflets about Oyster
either in
the ticket office or in the hallway down to the platforms. Absolutely
nothing whatsoever about OEPs.

(Oh and the station was closed last week for cable repairs so this is
the
first operating day with PAYG.)

Stratford - continues to be chaotic because the TfL and National
Express
delineation isn't always clear to Joe Public. The NX machines in the
ticket
hall don't have Oyster pads so the queues for the TfL machines and
window
will just get even longer. I looked hard but couldn't find any leaflet
about
Oyster on National Rail on either the TfL or NX racks.

So far two stations, including one of the main ones in East London,
and zero
information.

Shepherds Bush (Central) had a Using Oyster on National Rail
Tfl-produced leaflet dated 2nd Jan. It has the same wording as the
website plus a fold-out of the new Oyster Rail Services map (+ zones).
--
Current nearest station: Victoria

I tried one of the ticket machines at Euston main line today and it
didn't have an OEP option on there but it's certainly very easy to do
on an Underground ticket machine so I did that this afternoon at
Cannon Street and I touched out no problem at Charlton and it charged
me the correct fare of £1.40. On my way back though I was going to
Greenwich and the Oyster readers on the platform which gives step free
interchange to the DLR were both out of service so I had to go
downstairs to find one.

I think if these OEPs are going to work then there's going to have to
be some publicity (strategically placed posters etc.) as I know very
few Oyster Travelcard holders who know anything about them.

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(Rupert Candy) wrote:

"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote:
Rupert Candy wrote:

Just a quick live update from this morning:

From a short journey today:

Forest Gate - poster up telling us we can now use PAYG on national
rail. No Oyster pad has been added to the one ticket machine at the
station (even though it has a circle that is clearly intended for one)
or at the ticket office window and there were no posters or leaflets
about Oyster either in the ticket office or in the hallway down to
the platforms. Absolutely nothing whatsoever about OEPs.

(Oh and the station was closed last week for cable repairs so this is
the first operating day with PAYG.)

Similarly, Vauxhall (SWT) and Putney have no Oyster selling facilities,
people at Vauxhall being directed to the tube station (not too easy with a
bicycle). At least there was a poster telling people that and I had enough
PAYG credit to get me to Putney. Luckily I know a handy ticket stop nearby
there so was able to get my top-ups as desired.

Stratford - continues to be chaotic because the TfL and National
Express delineation isn't always clear to Joe Public. The NX machines
in the ticket hall don't have Oyster pads so the queues for the TfL
machines and window will just get even longer. I looked hard but
couldn't find any leaflet about Oyster on National Rail on either the
TfL or NX racks.

So far two stations, including one of the main ones in East London,
and zero information.

Shepherds Bush (Central) had a Using Oyster on National Rail
Tfl-produced leaflet dated 2nd Jan. It has the same wording as the
website plus a fold-out of the new Oyster Rail Services map (+
zones). -- Current nearest station: Victoria

That leaflet was available at Vauxhall and there were clear posters at
Putney about Oyster on NR and about OEPs.

--
Colin Rosenstiel