Recent content by MikeWh

Recognition that some of the warehouse facilities are sited near Hatton Cross was mentioned at the time. My fare finder tries a bit harder and resolves some annoying anomalies (eg try finding East Croydon on the SFF). You still get other stations appearing while typing Heathrow, but all 6 are...

Or Tottenham Court Road and Kennington?

My understanding, and I'd love an authoritative source to prove this one way or the other, is that history is ordinarily only kept for 8 weeks. At that point it is anonymised so that overall usage data is available, but no way of linking to the individual cards. The exception is when TfL become...

60+ Oyster cards do not carry a PAYG balance. If you want to go to Gatwick, for example, you must use a boundary zone ticket. The reason you can't use a balance on the card is that the validity changes by train company and there is no way to know which company you use when touching in and out...

The map shows everywhere that PAYG is valid, noting that some sections are only available with contactless, not Oyster. I would never assume that it was also valid at the various unnamed stations between the area and selected destinations which are only included to give you an idea of the wider...

Agreed, but, the OP was comparing the price of a single ticket from Brighton to Canary Wharf with the combination of a ticket from Brighton to East Croydon and the fares displayed on the TfL fare finder for East Croydon to Canary Wharf. They really aren't concerned with the complexities of TfL...

Whilst this is true, it's not the point that the OP was making. They see fares described on the TfL fare finder as TfL fares, as opposed to the National Rail fares for traditional tickets.

If by TfL fare you mean Pay-As-You-Go fare then I'm afraid the clue is in the name. It is PAYG. You could make even bigger savings, at the cost of a bit of time, by taking a slower train to New Cross Gate, getting the Overground to Canada Water and then the Jubilee line (after touching the...

Simply it means that you either travel: a) Ealing Broadway to Shepherds Bush (Central), then Clapham Junction (Overground), then Southern to Gatwick. b) Ealing Broadway to Earls Court to West Brompton (both District), then Clapham Junction (Overground), then Southern to Gatwick.

Yes, I did. It was at Kentish Town (before the current closure). The penalty fare was rescinded on appeal once I explained exactly how the system worked.

Looking to the future, you don't say where you are coming from by bus, but does the bus carry on towards Lee? Lee station is in zone 3 and would therefore be valid with your travelcard. This has no bearing on the current issue, but might help you to legally afford the fares in future.

No. Both days are bank holidays.

Not been seen for over a week.

I don't understand what you're suggesting here. My response was to the sub question about travelling from New Cross to Deptford. You either go via zone 1 on NR or use the DLR to avoid zone 1. Sadly the system doesn't cater for the latter as there is no fare set.

Yes, via Slade Green and Barnehurst. The other alternative is via Greenwich, DLR to Lewisham, then New Cross, but even that is quite a roundabout route compared to in and out of London Bridge.