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mabbus-cattus1mabbus-cattus1 Posts: 5,777
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Morning

I am travelling out of London at the end of the week. I know my Oyster Card will take me to Croydon but then need to continue the journey through to Brighton so will obviously buy a ticket (probably from Trainline.com) for the 2nd part of my journey.

I have to change trains at Farringdon but I stay on the same platform to get the Brighton train so I wondered how I "sign out" from my Oyster card journey at Croydon to complete my journey on the card. I don't want to have to get off the train and leave the station to come back using the travel card so can anybody tell me know I sort this.

Likewise the return journey I need to activate the Oyster card from Croydon but will be on the train.

Help!!!

Thank you.

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    simondsUU933wsimondsUU933w Posts: 4,176
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    Is it not easier to just buy a ticket for your entire journey?
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    Kiko H FanKiko H Fan Posts: 6,546
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    mabbus-cattus1 wrote: »
    Morning

    I am travelling out of London at the end of the week. I know my Oyster Card will take me to Croydon but then need to continue the journey through to Brighton so will obviously buy a ticket (probably from Trainline.com) for the 2nd part of my journey.

    I have to change trains at Farringdon but I stay on the same platform to get the Brighton train so I wondered how I "sign out" from my Oyster card journey at Croydon to complete my journey on the card. I don't want to have to get off the train and leave the station to come back using the travel card so can anybody tell me know I sort this.

    Likewise the return journey I need to activate the Oyster card from Croydon but will be on the train.

    Help!!!

    Thank you.

    I don't think you can. You'll have to buy a ticket for your entire journey to Brighton from the London terminus where you pick it up.
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    mabbus-cattus1mabbus-cattus1 Posts: 5,777
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    simonp820 wrote: »
    Is it not easier to just buy a ticket for your entire journey?

    No - not really considering I have credit on my Oyster card and it will cost me more than £30 to buy a ticket for the whole journey and only £7.50 to buy a ticket from Croydon onwards but thanks for the suggestion.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
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    If your Oyster is PAYG then unfortunately you will need to get off the train to touch out.

    If you have a travel card on it, then you can just stay on the train and you don't need to touch.
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    nanscombenanscombe Posts: 16,588
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    There seems to be multiple trains per hour from Croydon to Brighton why not just use your Oyster card as far as Croydon.

    It might be just as easy to get off the train, touch out and grab a cup of coffee, then just catch the next Brighton train?

    Whenever I go to Brighton I usually have to make at least two changes, including East Croydon.

    If you fail to touch out you may get charged the maximum fare (about £8).
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    shelleyj89shelleyj89 Posts: 16,292
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    I would assume if you didn't want to get off to ping out, you could just go to TFL and explain the situation, and they would reimburse the extra charges incurred through not pinging out? You'd have your train ticket for the other part of the journey to prove you weren't doing anything dodgy. I know they did it for my dad recently when he pinged, the barriers opened but it didn't register on his card. He didn't even chase it with them, they'd noticd an unusual amount had gone off his Oyster card and phoned to check with him.

    You could always just buy a daily train ticket/travel card to cover you to Croydon, then you won't have to worry about pinging in and out. Where will your journey start?
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    Jimmy ConnorsJimmy Connors Posts: 117,882
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    If that is your plan, then I would just alight at Croydon, and touch out. The trains between Croydon and Brighton run very frequently (direct and stoppers, but the direct trains are v frequent)
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    MARTYM8MARTYM8 Posts: 44,710
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    mabbus-cattus1 wrote: »
    Morning

    I am travelling out of London at the end of the week. I know my Oyster Card will take me to Croydon but then need to continue the journey through to Brighton so will obviously buy a ticket (probably from Trainline.com) for the 2nd part of my journey.

    I have to change trains at Farringdon but I stay on the same platform to get the Brighton train so I wondered how I "sign out" from my Oyster card journey at Croydon to complete my journey on the card. I don't want to have to get off the train and leave the station to come back using the travel card so can anybody tell me know I sort this.

    Likewise the return journey I need to activate the Oyster card from Croydon but will be on the train.

    Help!!!

    Thank you.

    I assume you are travelling on oyster card pay as you go - and don't have a travelcard/season ticket.

    In that case it will almost certainly be cheaper to buy a separate through ticket from your home station to Brighton than split the trip in half. If you travel on first capital connect via Farringdon you can often get quite cheap return deals to Brighton via their own site or trainline.
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    simondsUU933wsimondsUU933w Posts: 4,176
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    mabbus-cattus1 wrote: »
    No - not really considering I have credit on my Oyster card and it will cost me more than £30 to buy a ticket for the whole journey and only £7.50 to buy a ticket from Croydon onwards but thanks for the suggestion.

    Just seems like a lot of hassle to me.
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    InkblotInkblot Posts: 26,889
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    MARTYM8 wrote: »
    I assume you are travelling on oyster card pay as you go - and don't have a travelcard/season ticket.

    In that case it will almost certainly be cheaper to buy a separate through ticket from your home station to Brighton than split the trip in half. If you travel on first capital connect via Farringdon you can often get quite cheap return deals to Brighton via their own site or trainline.

    Looking up fares on nationalrail.co.uk it's £13.80 from Croydon to Brighton and £15.90 from London Bridge to Brighton, which looks like the price from London is better value if that's where you're starting from anyway?
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    MigsterMigster Posts: 4,204
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    mabbus-cattus1 wrote: »
    No - not really considering I have credit on my Oyster card and it will cost me more than £30 to buy a ticket for the whole journey and only £7.50 to buy a ticket from Croydon onwards but thanks for the suggestion.

    The £7.50 fare you mention appears to be with Southern, whereas your train from Farringdon will be FCC, so you'll have to get off at Croydon and change anyway (or stay on the FCC with an invalid ticket).
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    GrizzyDeeGrizzyDee Posts: 1,396
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    Could you use our Oyster to get to victoria then go national rail from there? If you buy via Southern you can get day returns for about £8, open returns for about £11 and if you know the exact trains you will gt you can often get advance tickets for £3-4 each way.
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    Wbc-WorkerWbc-Worker Posts: 815
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    mabbus-cattus1 wrote: »
    Morning

    I am travelling out of London at the end of the week. I know my Oyster Card will take me to Croydon but then need to continue the journey through to Brighton so will obviously buy a ticket (probably from Trainline.com) for the 2nd part of my journey.

    I have to change trains at Farringdon but I stay on the same platform to get the Brighton train so I wondered how I "sign out" from my Oyster card journey at Croydon to complete my journey on the card. I don't want to have to get off the train and leave the station to come back using the travel card so can anybody tell me know I sort this.

    Likewise the return journey I need to activate the Oyster card from Croydon but will be on the train.

    Help!!!

    Thank you.
    this is the best site I know and you can post a question and should get a answer back quickly

    http://www.oyster-rail.org.uk/mixing-oyster-and-paper-tickets/
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    Ellie666Ellie666 Posts: 2,052
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    the chances are that there will be a pink oyster reader on the platform at croydon which is designed for this purpose - (still need to get off train to reaach it though)
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    scottlscottl Posts: 1,046
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    They are supposed to automatically refund this now
    I used to spend a while in queues getting this refund .

    nanscombe wrote: »
    If you fail to touch out you may get charged the maximum fare (about £8).
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    nanscombenanscombe Posts: 16,588
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    The trouble is without knowing where someone actually got off (or not in this case) how would they know how much to refund?
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    newda898newda898 Posts: 5,466
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    Ellie666 wrote: »
    the chances are that there will be a pink oyster reader on the platform at croydon which is designed for this purpose - (still need to get off train to reaach it though)

    I don't think there's any pink readers at East Croydon
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