Oyster card

[ray bush]

Having driven to and from work for years i've now got to use puplic transport .Can an Oyster card be used from Romford to Stratford ,i know that from their i can use it on the DLR for the rest of my journey but am not sure about the first part
Thanks

[mushroom25]

currently Oyster cards not valid from Romford, but they can be used from Upminster on c2c services.

[ray bush]

A few weeks ago i used an oyster card from Stratford to Romford which worked ,or can you only use it one way .?

[dzug]

You can use an Oyster travelcard but not Oyster Pay as you go.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/tickets /oyster-payg-on-national-rail.pdf

[ray bush]

Thanks for the responses .This is all a bit new to me having used the car for many years ,but what is the difference between the two cards ,im sure that my Oyster card is just a normall card (allthough i might be wrong )

[dzug]

Do you have a season ticket/travelcard on your Oyster?

Or do you top it up with cash from time to time? PAYG

Both are 'normal' cards

If you have a PAYG card it will charge you �4 when you go through the barriers at Stratford. When you leave Romford nothing will happen - ie you will have paid �4 for a journey that should have cost you �3 if you bought a single ticket. If a ticket inspector had asked to see your card you would have been charged a penalty fare

[ray bush]

Sounds like i paid �4 for a �3 journey.
All im after is a cheap travel card from Romford to Royal Albert DLR and return ,with a bus from Dagenham to Romford and return .(this might already have been sent ,pc playing-up)

[dzug]

If you use the Jubilee Line between Stratford and Canning Town then a zone 3-6 travelcard is what you need at �25.60 a week

If you use the DLR all the way then zone 2 is needed as well which bumps the cost up to �32.40

Depending on where you buy the travelcard it may either be paper or on Oyster

At some stage Oyster PAYG will become available for your whole journey - but that's some way off

[ray bush]

I really wanted to go from Romford to Stratford and then take the DLR to Royal Albert ,as from Stratford i'd have other means of transport if the DLR failed.

[dzug]

Well up to you to decide if the extra �7 odd a week is worth it

[ray bush]

I'm not that good on tube maps ,but thought that the DLR was in zone 3 and Romford was in zone 6 ,or am i way out .

[dzug]

The DLR goes into zone 2 between Stratford and Canning Town. The Jubilee line doesn't - it stays in zone 3

[ray bush]

Just to confirm what i hope to do in zones 3-6 ,

Romford to Stratford -Overground
Stratford to Canning town - Jubilee line
Canning Town to Royal Albert - DLR

With a bus from Dagenham to Romford and return ,and hope that they soon allow the Oyster card to be used for the whole journey.