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Recliner[_2_] · January 6th 10, 01:37 PM posted to uk.transport.london

"Michael R N Dolbear" wrote in message
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No, that's just expensive. A rip-off would be something like a
return journey Local--KX, a 13 min turnaround and return KX-Local.
Rip-off, because I got charged £4 on (return) entry at KX and again
at Local station. Then spend 20min on hold + 10m in conversation at
5p/min to

And where can I find out about the time-out or whatever at KX that
deliberately and unfairly overcharged me (twice!) for a completely
unremarkable journey. where I touched in/out just fine? Nowhere that
I can see.

Surely you read this NG as well as posting to it (VBG) ?

Kings Cross has always been a OSI (Out of station interchange), as
discussed here, with from 15 to 40 minutes allowed to pass another
gateline as part of the same journey. So with a "13 min turnaround" it
seems likely that you were trapped by the maximum journey time rule
and charged for two incomplete journeys

Wouldn't simply returning to the original station have the same effect?
But, if Paul had returned to a station one stop away, within the now
very complicated maximum time rules, he might have had a bargain
instead.