I travelled up to London Waterloo this morning, 29th October 2021. Ultimate destination was Oxford Circus.
On leaving my train at Waterloo I headed straight to the Underground from the entrance on the mainline platform. I followed the signs for the Bakerloo line and when I reached my first gateline I assumed I was entering the Underground so I tapped my
Oyster▸ .
A little discombobulated when I found another gateline blocking my progress to the Bakerloo. Tapped my Oyster again and discovered I had no credit left.
Turns out I'd tapped out at a National Rail barrier with my Oyster. I should have scanned my National Rail e-ticket. A quick discussion with
TfL» staffer and I learnt I'd been charged the maximum fare for an uncompleted Oyster journey.
No great hassle though. A call to TfL and I was refunded within 20 minutes.
Lesson learnt. That's twice this week I've been caught out with ticketing errors. Losing my touch.