At last, since 3rd January 2010 we now have the Oystercard Pay As You Go machines installed and working on all main line railway stations in London. This means it’s no longer necessary to make the advance guessing calculation as to whether it’s better to buy a return rail ticket into Liverpool Street station plus a possible two bus or tube journeys, or buy the one day off peak travelcard. Single journeys are taken off the Oystercard at £2.30 a go, and then the whole days journeys are capped at the rate of a travelcard if you do make that many journeys in total. It’s nice because the range of Transport for London extends right out to Romford as well. The only disadvantage is that the Oystercard now needs topping up more often, but the railway station near where I live has no facilities to do this yet! So it’s a walk across the road to a local newsagents or else remember to top up when I’m out somewhere at a tube station, London Overground, or where the newsagent is right next to the bus stop.
Andy Roberts is a writer who initiated DARnet. Contact me on aroberts@gmail.com or @aroberts on twitter
Seems strange they haven’t made it possible to top up your Oyster card via the internet?
Ah, good point Graeme. Yes it is possible to top up online but only through a kind of infinite direct debit system I think, which I was a bit wary of. I’ll check it out again though.
“Great isn’t it – I was able to use this today and did Barbican to London Bridge on bus. Borough to Ladbrooke Grove on tube – Bus from Portobello Road to Victoria – Victoria to Bromley South and bus home. Capped at travel card rate – No worries – hurrah”
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