"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:19:58 -0800, Mizter T
wrote:

Of course there would still be the tricky issue of which route the
Oyster system presumed you had taken, regardless of what actual route
you did in fact take.

Richmond-Stratford, anyone?


The system works on idea that the passenger takes the quickest and most
direct route, so for Oyster usage R-S should be done via District Line and
Central Line, changing at Mile End and taking 43 minutes (max 57) according
to Planner times.

The TfL Journey Planner tells you to take SWT to Waterloo, W&C to Bank and
then Central Line in 57 minutes.
Doing it by the Overground, which is the simplest route, takes 1hr3min.

I think the TfL Journey Planner needs an overhaul to suggest more sensible
routes and not base it entirely on departure times.

I suspect that if any journey takes more than 2 hours you get charged with
the maximum fare. I went Richmond to North Woolwich (and then back to
Epping)when that stretch closed down, spent 20 minutes at NW taking pictures
and got stuck with the max possible fare because the Oyster system timed me
out. It might have been an invalid route at the time but I did touch in and
out at the correct places.
It also does this when the Tube breaks down for long periods, as happened to
me earlier this year, but thankfully that one got capped at the Daily
Travelcard rate because the breakdown was after 9.30am.

Nick



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