Re: Question about cheaper Oyster after 7pm

Tristán White wrote:
I haven't seen a single (obvious) sign anywhere saying that the
journey will be cheaper after 7pm, which is a mean trick to play on
people who don't know about this, and who want to use the tube at
6.59, unaware that if they wait a few seconds they will save quite
a bit of money.

It's set out in the fares leaflet which has been around since January, and also on the TfL website. In any case, it doesn't apply in all cases. For example, journeys within one zone, or two zones outside Z1, are the same price all day.

There are, however, plenty of signs reminding old people and the
infirm that they can't use their pass until 9.30.

Where are those? Since Freedom Passes are valid from 09:00 on tubes and buses, this seems unlikely. Off-peak Travelcards are valid from 09:30.

It seems that they're quick to put signs up where they could lose
money, but slow when there's a chance of them making a fast buck.

I suggest that the signs are largely to prevent commuters being held up by people getting their pass/Travelcard rejected if they turn up too early.

I didn't even know about this until I checked my Oyster Card usage
the other day. When was it introduced?

January this year, unless it was in operation last year (can't remember).

I've been making a number of journeys shortly before 7pm and would
have happily waited a few minutes had I known about the extra
charge.

Now I know, of course, but am annoyed I have been handing them
money for nothing - only to spend those minutes waiting on an empty
platform.

Large explanatory posters at every barrier telling us our journey
could be cheaper if we wait until 7pm would have been nice.

No thanks. There's quite enough to read on posters already around the gates.

I take it that the fare change starts from the beginning of the
journey, rather than the end, correct?

I assume so, though I can't find a definitive statement to that effect.
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Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

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