Monday 28 December 2009

Massive expansion of Oyster PAYG

Big expansion to the Oyster PAYG 'network' in the New Year. Here's National Rail's map showing Oyster PAYG on National Rail, updated with the changes:

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/london/Oyster_jan_2010.pdf

And the ATOC London Connections Map anticipates the change in its December 2009 version, using the device of a red dash-dot line to show the boundary of the area where Oyster PAYG will be available, which is not quite the same as the boundary of zone 6.

TfL have produced their own map showing the changes - it's here - http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/tickets/oyster-rail-services.pdf. I like the way this map is colour coded by the mainline termini and ignores this week's TOC names, but I wish TfL and ATOC (via FWT) weren't producing their own maps with very similar purposes.

I had trouble finding Oyster info on the National Rail site by using menus and links. Here are a couple of pages I've happened upon by luck or found by searching for "oyster".

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/london/oystercard.html

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/london/index_custom.html

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