On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:39:36 +0000, Dave Arquati
wrote:

There are Carnet/Oyster validators at end of the long passage from KXSP
tube station to the Thameslink station, enabling pax transferring

It's not that long if you arrive on the Victoria line. :-)

Unfortunately the Oyster validators are constantly marked as "Closed"...
meaning you have to go up to the Pentonville Road TL ticket office to
[snip]

I'm sure you have a good reason for having a Thamelink ticket and an
Oyster Pre-Pay (otherwise you wouldn't have to validate it), but this
begs the obvious question: why (or can't you?) don't you get a through
ticket that covers the entire journey?


Cheers,

Jason.