An eagle eyed site visitor (thanks Thomas) has noticed that the bus/tram cap can be discounted by adding a railcard to your Oyster. The reason is that the discounted zone 1-2 off-peak cap (£4.25) is now less than the bus cap (£4.40). Unless you have a disabled railcard, this only applies if all the bus and tram journeys are after 0930 M-F. Obviously if you use rail outside zone 1-2 then the cap will increase to the relevant level.
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One of the changes introduced this month concerns journeys starting outside zone 1 and ending in zone 1 during the afternoon peak. Where TfL set the fare it has been off-peak for a couple of years now, but from this month it is extended to all rail journeys. Unlike TfL fares, with the NR set fares this does mean that it will be cheaper to travel to zone 1 than zone 2 at this time. It should be noted that the dual zoned stations work as they should which will be frustrating for people using Vauxhall and Elephant & Castle NR stations. Travel from Clapham Junction to Vauxhall will be charged peak as will travel from Vauxhall to Waterloo, but Clapham Junction to Waterloo will be off-peak.
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The new fares take effect today and thus many of the pages on this site need updating. I have made some changes already and will be expanding others when I am sure of the detail. I will not be amending any comments or replies prior to 2015.
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Something seems to have gone wrong with the switching between 2014 and 2015 fares this morning. Both results pages display fares for 2014. Hopefully it’s just a minor glitch.
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