Fair point but no thanks, I don't want to use Oyster.
Thanks, I suppose I could use that instead then.
That's a more interesting question. Wherever I look there are no fares found. Perhaps the system would simply charge a maximum fare at both ends?I wonder what the oyster system will think if someone tapped in at Kings Cross and tapped out at St Pancras having gone via Finsbury park (and using a train which used platform 5 at Finsbury park which doesn't have barriers).
Or for that matter used a GTR train service both to and from Finsbury Park which would allow you to change from one train to another at Finsbury Park without having to go through any barriers (unlike Birmingham New St).I wonder what the oyster system will think if someone tapped in at Kings Cross and tapped out at St Pancras having gone via Finsbury park (and using a train which used platform 5 at Finsbury park which doesn't have barriers).
Do you have a particular reason to avoid Oyster?
Ah yes, the difference between fares set by TfL and RDG on behalf of London TOCs.
I wonder what the oyster system will think if someone tapped in at Kings Cross and tapped out at St Pancras having gone via Finsbury park (and using a train which used platform 5 at Finsbury park which doesn't have barriers).
That's unlikely. Whenever I've tested a pair of stations without fares set the system usually manages to come up with an appropriate fare. Why don't you try it out next time you're in London?
I was in London just yesterday but unfortunately I only saw this thread too late to try it out. I'll certainly try it the next time I'm in London.
There is no need to pass through any barrier to change at New Street. All platforms are connected inside the barriers at the western (towards Wolverhampton) end of the station
Just saying, but no, I have never experienced two maximum fares due to the fare not being defined in the Single Fare Finder, but without definitive proof that possibility cannot be ruled out.
Catford to Catford Bridge is defined in the fares database.
If you touch out at a gate line then touch a validator it will be an entry. Only validators can set continuation exit.
Does that mean that although you cannot buy a ticket from one to the other, the Oyster system recognises it as a valid journey
Yes it does. It's also underpriced, though I suspect that is a clustering type error. It should be a zone 2-3 journey but it's priced as zone 3 only.
I believe the platforms at Finsbury Park are an Out of Station Interchange with each other, so it shouldn't matter if the passenger touches out and in or not. The OSI is presumably set to allow journeys such as Kings Cross - Drayton Park to involve a barriered platform.
I can find no details of an internal OSI at Finsbury Park NR. Only between NR & LU.
