 Oyster PAYG from Fenchurch Street
"Ian Jelf" <ian@bluebadge.> wrote in message
news:KgMmiEkoqwfIFwha@bluebadge....
> At one point yesterday I needed to get from Tower Hill to Shadwell.
>
> With Tower Gateway closed and Bank/Monument restricted, I wondered if I
> could take c2c from Fenchurch Street and change at Limehouse.
>
> "On the spot" I wasn't sure if Oyster PAYG was valid out of Fenchurch
> Street. (I now know it is but had no way of finding out then, short of
> asking at the Fenchurch Street barrier.
>
> The chap who was there plainly didn't understand the question and seemed
> to to have heard of PAYG. He did say "yes" but I had the distinct
> impression that he was only thinking in terms of Travelcards so in the end
> I decided not to "risk" getting a high charge, or even losing my daily
> cap.
>
It's not just NR staff. Back in January, IIRC, when I was trying to sort out
an unresolved journey involving Liverpool St suburban, a member of LU staff
at Waterloo (Jubilee)insisted that PAYG was not yet available anywhere at
all on NR. Despite the line in question having been valid for PAYG for quite
a while at that time.
Paul S
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