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OYSTER - PEAK restrictions AM/PM
Like thousands of other commuters, from 2nd January 2010, I no longer have the choice to purchase an off-peak day return for the 3 days / week that I travel from TADWORTH to WIMBLEDON as they have been replaced by the OYSTER card.
I used to pay £4.40 at the ticket office, and catch the 9.24am train at TADWORTH, then change at East Croydon then Clapham Junction to WIMBLEDON, then return via the same route to catch the 18.15pm at Clapham Junction back to TADWORTH.
If I want to catch the exact same trains at the exact same times using the new compulsory OYSTER card, it costs £6.40, an increase overnight of almost 46%.
Am I alone in finding that my travel choices have been severely limited by this new introduction? I either have to stump up with the 46% increase to maintain the same travel arrangement as I had previously, OR I have to travel OUTSIDE of the morning and evening PEAK restrictions which means I wont get home until at least an hour later. This is about as helpful to travel as the ball and chain!
I cant be alone in finding that travel costs have increased EXPONENTIALLY since 2nd January because of the OYSTER, and if I am not, why hasnt there been more complaints and news stories highlighting this most unfair increase?
And just because I swipe in BEFORE 9.30am, why am I being charged a PEAK fare for the morning leg of the journey anyway when the rural line I travel in on doesnt even arrive at East Croydon until gone 10am and wouldnt arrive in London Bridge until nearly 10.30am, well past the peak time of travel. The ticket office used to sell off peak returns on the basis that you would not arrive anywhere before 10am, even though I was buying the ticket before 9.30am, and yet OYSTER charges PEAK fare based on the time you swipe in, which seems most unfair.
I used to pay £4.40 at the ticket office, and catch the 9.24am train at TADWORTH, then change at East Croydon then Clapham Junction to WIMBLEDON, then return via the same route to catch the 18.15pm at Clapham Junction back to TADWORTH.
If I want to catch the exact same trains at the exact same times using the new compulsory OYSTER card, it costs £6.40, an increase overnight of almost 46%.
Am I alone in finding that my travel choices have been severely limited by this new introduction? I either have to stump up with the 46% increase to maintain the same travel arrangement as I had previously, OR I have to travel OUTSIDE of the morning and evening PEAK restrictions which means I wont get home until at least an hour later. This is about as helpful to travel as the ball and chain!
I cant be alone in finding that travel costs have increased EXPONENTIALLY since 2nd January because of the OYSTER, and if I am not, why hasnt there been more complaints and news stories highlighting this most unfair increase?
And just because I swipe in BEFORE 9.30am, why am I being charged a PEAK fare for the morning leg of the journey anyway when the rural line I travel in on doesnt even arrive at East Croydon until gone 10am and wouldnt arrive in London Bridge until nearly 10.30am, well past the peak time of travel. The ticket office used to sell off peak returns on the basis that you would not arrive anywhere before 10am, even though I was buying the ticket before 9.30am, and yet OYSTER charges PEAK fare based on the time you swipe in, which seems most unfair.
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Well, you answered your own question earlier in this same thread...Am I alone in finding that my travel choices have been severely limited by this new introduction?Like thousands of other commuters...
There have been complaints. If you had used the forums search facility, you would probably have found this thread.I cant be alone... and if I am not, why hasnt there been more complaints and news stories highlighting this most unfair increase?0 -
Well I can save you a WHOLE 40p a day with virtually the same travel time.
Tadworth to East Croydon - £1.80 Oyster single
tram to Wimbledon - £1.20 Oyster single0 -
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