[Gllug] Oyster cards vulnerable?

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 23:24 +0000, J. Dudley Swale wrote:
> On Sunday 27 January 2008 20:27, John G Walker wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:16:16 +0000 Christopher Currie <ccurrie at usa.net>
> > wrote:
> > > I'm sorry: it's changed since some time last year, when a colleague
> > > of mine specifically could not use her Oyster on a national rail
> > > route that she wanted to use regularly.
> > You can't use pay-as-you-go Oysters on National Rail. Maybe this is
> > what you mean.
> > You've always been able to use seaso9n ticket Oysters on national rail
> > services that take paper season tickets,
> >  All the best,
> >  John
> We do not have such a thing as national Rail anymore. The acceptability of 
> Oyster now depends on the train operator on that Route. 
> For example from Clapham Junction they are valid on the line to Watford 
> Junction but not on any of the other routes which are all run by South West 
> Trains who do not accept  them.
> 
> John
> 

Where do you get the above nonsense from?

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

"London Overground" - managed by TfL - is the route/network that accepts
"pay as you go" as you describe. But a travelcard is valid whether it is
paper or on an Oyster.

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