Oyster PAYG from Fenchurch Street

Ian Jelf wrote:

> Or indeed catch the 100, a route I seem to encounter a lot in many
> different places but have never ridden on one!
>
What is the 100 now? I remember some years ago it was a tourist route
using the preserved Tilling ST, which is now presumably confined to
barracks.

Peter Beale

"Ian Jelf" <ian@bluebadge.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:KgMmiEkoqwfIFwha@bluebadge.demon.co.uk...
> 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

On Jul 17, 12:54 pm, "Paul Scott" <notvalidpmsc...@btinternet.com>
wrote:
> "Ian Jelf" <i...@bluebadge.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:KgMmiEkoqwfIFwha@bluebadge.demon.co.uk...
>
> > 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

Error 57 is what you'll get if you try a PAYG Oystercard on an
gateline with Oyster readers that doesn't accept PAYG.

Matthew Dickinson wrote:
> On Jul 17, 12:54 pm, "Paul Scott" <notvalidpmsc...@btinternet.com>
> wrote:

>> 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
>
> Error 57 is what you'll get if you try a PAYG Oystercard on an
> gateline with Oyster readers that doesn't accept PAYG.

Not relevant in this case I'm afraid - this was an unresolved [1] PAYG on a
NR PAYG route, that had been PAYG for ages, ie Stratford - Liverpool St, as
listed in the 2006 instructions, with my original Oyster card.

[1] due to taking too long for the overall journey.

Paul S

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:04 +0100 (BST), rosenstiel@cix.co.uk (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

>In article <bDVS6CoO6wfIFwhU@bluebadge.demon.co.uk>,
>ian@bluebadge.demon.co.uk (Ian Jelf) wrote:
>
>> Or indeed catch the 100, a route I seem to encounter a lot in many
>> different places but have never ridden on one!
>
>You too! I keep stumbling over it in the Blackfriars area and wondered
>once whether catching one would solve a journey problem between Southwark
>and King's Cross (or vice-versa). But I've never travelled on it either.

Surely the 63 and 45 would solve that?
--
Paul C


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