Thread: 'TfL's 'Scrooge-like' £1 ticket for short-cut criticised'
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Old January 28th 10, 07:24 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default 'TfL's 'Scrooge-like' £1 ticket for short-cut criticised'
On 28.01.10 14:51, martin wrote:
on BBC London News this lunchtime:
"Transport for London (TfL) has been called "stingy" and "Scrooge-
like" for imposing a £1 charge on rail passengers using a short-cut
through a station."

Full story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/8484960.stm

What's the real deal here? Is this just a charge to enter one station
and exit another, or if I got the Jubilee to Southwark and exited
through an exit at Waterloo East, would I be charged an extra quid?
(I've never used Waterloo East, and think I've only been to Southwark
once, so I'm not clear on the layout of the station or this
'expensive' corridor.)

I remember platform tickets a while ago. IIRC, they cost 40p. Are they
no longer available or is there not such a facility with Oyster if it is
not done within a few minutes?
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