Peckham Rye query

[lard]

Hi

I am just about to move to the Bellenden Road area and just wondered if you can use Oyster cards at Peckham Rye station?

Found the forum helpful for info about the area..

Cheers

Lard

[Michael Palaeologus]

Yes - in that you can travel to and from Peckham Rye using Oyster. They dont have Oyster readers though and probably dont sell Oyster charge-ups. Occasionally they do ticket checks and the people doing these have hand held Oyster readers.

[AllforNun]

mmm - I think they have to be pre-pay though and not pay as you go - ??? Confused i was .....

[Michael Palaeologus]

I only ever put 1 week travelcards on my Oyster.

[AllforNun]

There's the problem right there, when you swipe these things how are you supposed to know what on it ? it's not like the soak that you have just rolled is going to tell you what he's got on his card !

[Michael Palaeologus]

This is true. I suspect that only Travelcards are allowed, possibly not pre-pay?

[Asset]

Only travelcards on network rail services, not prepay oyster. I think there is a deal going through whereby we will be able to use prepay on overground but not rolling it out for a while yet.

[AllforNun]

If you have a reciept with your oyster of say a travel card etc then they are fine with it.

[lard]

Thanks for the responses.

Does anyone know about using an Oyster card on a pay as you go basis - ie jsut touching in and out?

[Scruffy Mummy]

Yes, but you can't use pay as you go on the rail services yet - just buses and the tube. If you have a travelcard on Oyster, you can use it on the train. If you try to use a pay as you go on a train, while you can get on the train easily enough at Peckham, you'll be stopped at the station at the other end as the pay as you go isn't recognised. So it's best not to try it (you could however, take a train to London Bridge, change and go to Waterloo East and get off as they haven't yet installed barriers there or so I've heard!)