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Inside a pic train after entering the tunnel at Barons Court a few minutes ago. Lights were turned on at Earls Court.

Walking past Crayford Station this afternoon had me wondering whether the signage is compliant with the PF regulations. You'll notice 3 signs along the side of the building, but when the ticket office is closed you don't walk past any of them unless you have come from the car park.

I'm currently making regular trips to Watford Junction, and because my 60+ Oyster card is not valid on LNWR beyond zone 6 I change between Overground and LNWR at H&W each way. I've noticed an issue with the announcements on platform 6. When a London train is approaching the platform it is...

Apologies if this has already been mentioned but I notice a mayoral decision was published on Thursday (separate to the fares freeze one) saying the TfL penalty fares would be increasing to the same £100/£50 as on the rest of the National Rail network from March 3rd 2024...

https://oysterfares.com/fare-finder-search-by-3-letter-crs-station-codes/

While researching another problem I've stumbled upon an odd anomaly with day travelcards and railcards. Brentwood to zones 1-6 AAA 7-9 off-peak is £16.20. With a railcard that comes down to £10.60. Cheshunt to zones 1-6 AAA 7-8 off-peak is £16.20, but the railcard price is £10.65. Same with...

Someone on my site has hit an issue with a day travelcard issued on a Greater Anglia smartcard for Amersham to zones 1-6. It worked fine at all Met stations except Chesham, Croxley and Watford (the ones not on the direct route from Amersham). It didn't work at Brentwood either. They said: Has...

A subtle and not published change to the PAYG fares will hit some commuters. https://oysterfares.com/fare-changes-via-gatwick-airport/

All PAYG fares on both LU and EL starting or ending at any of the three Heathrow stations and involving any travel in zone 1 will become Anytime at the current Peak rate from Sunday. At the same time the Oyster card fee will rise from £5 to £7 and will cease to be refundable. More info on my...

A friend of mine from Hull was making a journey to Southend today. The itinerary was split into Hull to King's Cross, King's Cross to Fenchurch Street by Underground, and Fenchurch Street to Southend. By chance we spoke while they were on the first leg and they seemed quite surprised to learn...

I have it on very good authority that two new interchanges for cross-London travel will be added later in September. Battersea Park - Battersea Power Station Queenstown Road - Battersea Power Station

I was looking up fares for a visitor to my site and it doesn't appear as though Thameslink will sell tickets to Waterloo East without the Underground. Obviously Waterloo East is not in the London Thameslink group, but you don't use the Underground. Is it valid to use such a ticket all the way...

I'm considering travelling to Amersham on Saturday. If I miss the last direct return train (1809) and have to take the replacement bus to Gerrards Cross, will it be possible to still pay using Oyster or Contactless? Touching in at Amersham would be possible, but will I be allowed into Gerrards...

Can anyone help please. If I ask NRE for a journey between Amersham and Marylebone off-peak this month it offers a travelcard as an option at £14.30 for an adult or £9.40 with a railcard. If I change the date to March then the adult price increases to £14.70 and so does the railcard discounted...

Does anyone know how to get an equipment issue fixed? I was tipped off about problems with the Oyster pads at Kidbrooke last week. I visited the station and posted the following report on my site: https://www.oyster-rail.org.uk/2020/09/equipment-failure-at-kidbrooke/ I then tweeted...

So the news last night reports that TfL/The Mayor have been bailed out, but with conditions. The main one has been spun as The Mayor having to break his fares freeze promise, but actually that's a bit of a distortion of the truth. The fares freeze was only promised until Jan 2020. I don't...

I was checking details for a visitor to my site and found this: http://www.brfares.com/#!fares?orig=CTN&dest=HRH Look at the two single fares. What is the point of the off-peak one?

Just been checking trains through Crayford and noticed 5O15 passing. This is an empty run from Cannon Street to Grove Park depot. Why does it have to go round via Slade Green and the Lee Spur? Surely that's just a waste of energy? It's not even ending up the other way round.

https://www.oyster-rail.org.uk/2019/12/change-to-oyster-deposit/

I'm assisting a passenger who has probably been wrongly issued a penalty fare by GTR. They were told that they had to pay the full £20 at the time. Is this correct? I know you used to only have to pay the fare for the journey being made, and the form issued still mentions that quite clearly...