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Scenario: a friend of mine from Dublin was coming across to do the
London Marathon and asked me what ticket he should get. He was arriving at Heathrow, then had to go across London to Custom House to pick up his marathon stuff. He then had to come back to Leicester Square to meet me for dinner, then we were heading back to New Cross afterwards. All tube or DLR journeys apart from the very last one, which was on National Rail. Mindful of the fact that Oyster prepay doesn't work on NR, I told him to get a one day travelcard for Zones 1-6 at Heathrow. As you can see, I didn't realise that you can't put one day travelcards onto Oyster! Result: my friend's journey goes smoothly until we get to Charing Cross to catch the New Cross train. He's not allowed through the barrier and the guards just keep yelling "Prepay is not valid on National Rail", without explaining the one day travelcard issue (we were protesting that he had a travelcard). I now understand why it didn't work, but have some questions: 1. What was my friend sold at Heathrow when he asked for a Zone 1-6 one day travelcard to be put onto his Oyster card? 2. Would he have been able to buy a paper ticket at Heathrow for the same price, thus being able to use National Rail on a one day travelcard? Patrick |
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![]() MIG wrote: Actually, you must be able to get paper one day travelcards at Heathrow, so he was sold the wrong thing. Presumably there was a £3 deposit on the Oyster or did he already have one for some reason? If he had one already and offered it at the counter, whoever was serving should still have asked how much credit he wanted to put on it, so the situation is difficult to explain. No, he put a £3 deposit down to get the Oyster, as he makes frequent trips to London and thought it'd be worth the investment (how wrong he was!). I'll find out more detail of the actual transaction and let you know what he actually asked for; I'm just assuming it was a Zone 1-6 one day travelcard as that's what I'd told him to ask for. We bit the bullet and just paid the £1.90 from Charing Cross to New Cross rather than trek from Embankment up to Whitechapel and then down to New Cross from there. Don't get me wrong, I'm all in favour of Oyster as a general rule, I think it's a great system. It does seem to be a rather odd decision to not be able to load one day travelcards onto it, though, in addition to having prepay capping. Roll on the day that Ken gets control of NR in London and makes them accept Oyster prepay, is all I can say. Patrick |
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Bob Wood wrote:
A paper ticket is the only way to get a One-Day TravelCard. Just why is this? The benefits of extensions for unplanned journeys apply just as much to one day travelcards as to longer season tickets so why can't people get the card on Oyster? |
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In message , Tim Roll-Pickering
writes Just why is this? The benefits of extensions for unplanned journeys apply just as much to one day travelcards as to longer season tickets so why can't people get the card on Oyster? Because it is not (yet) accepted by National Rail in most of the London area. -- Paul Terry |
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Paul Terry wrote:
Just why is this? The benefits of extensions for unplanned journeys apply just as much to one day travelcards as to longer season tickets so why can't people get the card on Oyster? Because it is not (yet) accepted by National Rail in most of the London area. But they have no problem accepting my longer season ticket so why not a one day season ticket? |
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