> On 21 Sep, 15:30, "Recliner" clara.co_dot_uk> wrote:

>> "Matthew Dickinson" gmail.com> wrote:

>>> First Great Western will accept Oyster Pay As You Go at all stations
>>> between Paddington and West Drayton or Greenford from the 21st
>>> September, according to a leaflet I picked up at Ealing Broadway
>>> yesterday. The fares and peak periods will be the same as for the
>>> tube.

>> As a matter of interest, how do you get charged on a pre-pay Oyster card
>> if the journey involves both NR and LU, with an out of barrier change --
>> eg, if you take FGW from, say, Ealing Broadway...

> Mizter T wrote:

>> On 21 Sep, 15:30, "Recliner" clara.co_dot_uk> wrote:
>>

>>> "Matthew Dickinson" gmail.com> wrote:

>>>> First Great Western will accept Oyster Pay As You Go at all stations
>>>> between Paddington and  West Drayton or Greenford from the 21st
>>>> September, according to a leaflet I picked up at Ealing Broadway
>>>> yesterday. The fares and peak periods will be the same as for the
>>>> tube.

>
> They accepted mine from Ealing Broadway on Heathrow Connect on Thursday.
> The guard had a reader to confirm I had some credit on the card.

> On 21 Sep, 15:30, "Recliner" clara.co_dot_uk> wrote:
>

>> "Matthew Dickinson" gmail.com> wrote:
>>

>>> First Great Western will accept Oyster Pay As You Go at all stations
>>> between Paddington and West Drayton or Greenford from the 21st
>>> September, according to a leaflet I picked up at Ealing Broadway
>>> yesterday. The fares and peak periods will be the same as for the
>>> tube.

>>
>> As a matter of interest, how do you get charged on a pre-pay Oyster
>> card if the journey involves both NR and LE, with an out of barrier
>> change -- eg, if you take FGW from, say, Ealing Broadway to
>> Paddington, then change to the Circle from Paddington to, say, Baker
>> Street? Is it treated as a single zone 1-3 journey, or a zone 1-3
>> plus a zone 1 journey? And, presumably, the same rule applies with
>> other operators, such as Chiltern or even London Overground?
>> ...

>> Kings Cross from Finsbury Park etc etc - in all of these cases (and
>> many others) where one must exit and re-enter through gates the

>> system merely counts it as a continuation of the original journey.

> This kind of progress and integration more and more shows up the

> After 1900 and at the weekends I can make a journey across London on

> MIG doreenbird.co.uk> wrote
>         [...]
>

>>> Kings Cross from Finsbury Park etc etc - in all of these cases (and
>>> many others) where one must exit and re-enter through gates the

> Oyster

>>> system merely counts it as a continuation of the original journey.

>> This kind of progress and integration more and more shows up the

>
> unfairness and illogic of buses still charging per vehicle instead of
> per journey.
>

>> After 1900 and at the weekends I can make a journey across London on

>
> three different systems: NR, LU and DLR, that is cheaper than catching
> two buses, let alone how many it would take to cover the same distance
> in a slower and less comfortable way.
>
> Given the £3.00 Bus cap this isn't a big deal. ...