Re: PAYG Ealing Broadway - Greenford

On Apr 17, 2:53=A0pm, Mizter T <mizte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17 Apr, 14:02, Jon <jonathan.gur...@wlc.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > On 16 Apr, 20:10, Paul Corfield <aoo...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> > I've seen a notice today that says that PAYG is valid Ealing Broadway -
> > > Greenford (but not at intermediate stations) on FGW services with
> > > immediate effect. =A0Note that the planned extension of validity to
> > > Paddington has NOT occurred yet.
>
> > I wonder how the rules would apply to a person who used PAYG to board
> > at one end of the line intending to travel to the other but then for
> > some sensible and unforseeable reason (received a message their
> > appointment was cancelled, felt sick, was frightened by hooligans on
> > board, etc) changed their mind and got off earlier?
>
> They'd automatically be charged the =A34 'penalty' fare for an
> uncompleted journey if they only touched-in and didn't touch-out (or
> likewise didn't touch-in and only touched-out).
>
> However the plan is for standalone Oyster readers to be installed at
> the intermediate stations so Oyster PAYG could be used to start or
> finish a journey at any station on the line.

Is that likely to happen between Seven Sisters and Liverpool (and
other similar arrangements)?