Massive expansion of Oyster PAYG

[See new entry dated 28 December]

Oyster Pay as you go will be accepted on every train in London that accepts travel cards, from 2 January. This map http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/Oyster-rail-services-in-London-Jan-2010.pdf shows it diagrammatically. PAYG is also accepted on Thames Clipper.

Don't be fooled into thinking that the lower PAYG fares that exist on London Transport Services will apply though. The National Rail (NR) fares are not changing.

My friends at FWT who make the useful ATOC London Connections map didn't accept that their text about tickets should be updated for Oyster - they argued that Oyster was primarily a TfL thing and their main concern was National Rail. I think they will have to change their mind now.

The interesting thing about TfL's PAYG map is that the NR lnes are colour coded according to the London Terminus/-i they serve - completely ignoring the mind boggling name/ownership changes that pervade NR. All that said, there is too much duplication in the world of train maps in London and TfL and ATOC/FWT should collaborate and rationalise.