Oyster card allowing minus credit when you touch out

Saturnalia wrote: »

I read it to mean the barriers will let you exit the station if you have a neg balance at the end of the journey, but they don't let you enter and begin a new journey if your balance is already in the red.

This thread is interesting. I usually use PAYG and am sometimes -50p or so at the end of a journey and just top my card up next time I travel. I never realised I could be fined for that.

That is really what I meant too . I have exited in zone 4 with a tiny minus balance but then knew I had to top up before my return . I have not tried to enter a station in z 1-3 with a debit but had thought it would be possible as I have already paid the fare .

yorkie2 wrote: »

As a guess, I wonder if this may have involved the new Overground route between Surrey Quays - Peckham Rye? Several passengers have been overcharged since the route opened. I do not know if TfL have resolved the problems.

Not that section but yes it was to do with London Overground. I travelled from Walthamstow Queens Road to Denmark Hill. I changed onto the Victoria line at Blackhorse Rd, went to Highbury & Islington and then rejoined London Overground to go south. I was told afterwards that the system assumed a route via Barking (zone 4) & Whitechapel and that this was the only valid route. Apparently I should have walked to walthamstow Central to avoid this. However I live right by Walthamstow Queens Rd station so my route is convenient.

I have since repeated the journey once and i touched on the route validator at Highbury & islington. At first i was told that this would not work as my chosen route was not a valid route! however it did work.

Apparently the choice of the route via Barking was intended for passengers with zone 2-4 or PAYG cards but they set it as a default for everyone. It would never have occurred to me to go that way.

I don't know if it has been resolved. I was told that no adjustments could be made to the readers before May. However the staff and revenue inspectors at my local station knew nothing about this restriction/routing.

Saturnalia wrote: »

Hello neighbour! Another Awesomestow dweller here.

Hi! So where in Awesomstow are you ?