TfL Fares

unforeseen

pollyanna24 wrote: »

I have just checked and it is on there. I had never heard of this interchange thingie. Thank you so much!!!

I have 20 minutes to get to the other station. And it says payg only. I'm guessing this is what I will be doing by paying by contactless card?

In that list isn't magnetic the Oyster option?

pollyanna24

unforeseen wrote: »

In that list isn't magnetic the Oyster option?

I have no idea. I will be paying by contactless credit card which I assumed was payg.

Andy_L

unforeseen wrote: »

In that list isn't magnetic the Oyster option?

its the paper ticket with the magnetic strip on the back. PAYG is the oyster/contactless option

wealdroam

unforeseen wrote: »

In that list isn't magnetic the Oyster option?

My Oyster card doesn't have a magnetic stripe on it.

Are you asking whether the same applies to contactless payments?

Here is the first sentence from that webpage linked to earlier:

Our Oyster and contactless payment systems allow customers to interchange between stations, or parts of the same station in some cases, without being charged for two separate journeys.

chunkytfg

wealdroam wrote: »

I'm sorry to be saying it, but you are mistaken.

Please read the TfL document linked to in post#2.

Here's the link again: TfL - Out-of-station interchanges.

I'm never one to back down if I'm wrong so I'll gladly admit I am in this instance. As I said I get quite blinkered by public transport

yorkie2

chunkytfg wrote: »

If you actually leave a station and enter another one it will count as a separate journey. I doubt you will be able to work it as a single journey especially as its with different providers.

Where did you get this information from? I believe you're mistaken.

yorkie2

pollyanna24 wrote: »

I have no idea. I will be paying by contactless credit card which I assumed was payg.

That's right.

This thread is rather cryptic so I am a bit puzzled as to what the journey taken is. I am reluctant to give out advice if I am unsure of the journey, as PAYG pricing is very complex. But it sounds like you have got the answer now.

pollyanna24

yorkie2 wrote: »

That's right.

This thread is rather cryptic so I am a bit puzzled as to what the journey taken is. I am reluctant to give out advice if I am unsure of the journey, as PAYG pricing is very complex. But it sounds like you have got the answer now.

But I did say where the journey taken is, so not sure why it's cryptic.

Cornucopia

wealdroam wrote: »

My Oyster card doesn't have a magnetic stripe on it.

Are you asking whether the same applies to contactless payments?

Here is the first sentence from that webpage linked to earlier:

The TfL spreadsheet is not ideal in the way it's worded - it looks as if it was originally for internal use, not for public info.

The issue is the intelligence of the various card systems. For whatever reason, tickets that solely work via a magnetic strip (which is black and on the back) cannot support some of the more complex interchanges. Oyster and Contactless are what they mean by "payg".

yorkie2

pollyanna24 wrote: »

But I did say where the journey taken is, so not sure why it's cryptic.

I guess I must have missed it. Anyway nevermind!