At one point yesterday I needed to get from Tower Hill to Shadwell.

With Tower Gateway closed and Bank/Monument restricted, I wondered if I
could take c2c from Fenchurch Street and change at Limehouse.

"On the spot" I wasn't sure if Oyster PAYG was valid out of Fenchurch
Street. (I now know it is but had no way of finding out then, short of
asking at the Fenchurch Street barrier.

The chap who was there plainly didn't understand the question and seemed
to to have heard of PAYG. He did say "yes" but I had the distinct
impression that he was only thinking in terms of Travelcards so in the
end I decided not to "risk" getting a high charge, or even losing my
daily cap.

On this matter at least, NR staff seem *much* less aware than their LU
counterparts.

As I said at the meeting on Tuesday evening, local NR journey within
Great London should just "belong" to TfL and Oyster should be valid now,
now NOW!

To the barricades, comrades....... :-))

No and I don't know why I didn't hop on a 15 bus and walk from
Commercial Road, either.......
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk