I have an Oyster card that is auto-topped up if it falls below £20.
Currently I only use it on the buses, but I wonder if it's yet
possible to do the following with this card:-

1] Travel from East Croydon to St. Pancras by Thameslink train.

2] Travel from E. Croydon to Victoria by tain, then from Victoria tube
station to Kings Cross tube.

I did one of those trips (can't remember which) in Feb 2007, and my
Oyster card let me IN but wouldn't let me OUT - so I had to pay a
penalty. I'd innocently thought it would be possible, and wonder if it
is now?

Adam.

In message
m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com> of
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:17:55 in uk.transport.london, Hobbyist
yahoo.com> writes

My threshold is 5UKP.

No! <http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/london/oystercard.html>

It should not have let you in.

On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:17:55 -0700 (PDT), Hobbyist
yahoo.com> wrote:

On 8 Jul, 20:17, Hobbyist yahoo.com> wrote:

No, you can only use Oyster PAYG on these routes (ie almost none of
South London):
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/london/OysterPAYG.pdf

I suspect you were let in at St Pancras International, but Oyster PAYG
is only valid on that route as far as London Bridge or Elephant &
Castle.

If you had a weekly or longer season ticket loaded onto your Oyster
card, then you can use it on any train in the ticket's zones.

U

Thanks to everbody who answered. A one day travel card it is, then.
I'd ordered train tickets online for a return trip to Newcastle from
East Croydon and had wanted to travel via Kings Cross Thameslink, as I
did the previous year, but the web site wouldn't allow it, so I'm
having to buy separate tickets for the E Croydon-Kings X journeys

I've since learnt that Kings X Thameslink station has closed, but that
I can do E. Croydon - St. Pancras instead. Now, wouldn't you have
thought that Gordon Brown would have personally informed me of this
important closure? When will that man ever learn?

Adam.