On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:37:05 +0000, Barry Salter
wrote:

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:29:09 +0000, James Farrar
wrote:

Yeah, when I got the transcript from my Oyster it showed me an
unresolved journey from Canada Water [I travelled to New Cross Gate
and thence onwards by SouthCentral]. There is a reader at NXG, but I
believe it says "PrePay only". Am I supposed to scan there every time
I travel this route? Bizarre.

More than likely...Personally, I just touch my Oyster to any validator I
encounter on my journey (and no, that doesn't mean I walk the entire
length of the Victoria Line platforms at Highbury, for example g).
That way, I figure my unresolved journeys will only be on WAGN, where I
touch in at Liverpool Street (or use the validator at Seven Sisters) and
there's no gate/validator at Edmonton Green or Silver Street.

At both Highbury (for interchange between Victoria Line and national
rail) and Finsbury Park, the Oyster publicity implies that only
pre-pay users need to touch their card, and also the number and
position of validators is consistent with only a minority of
passengers needing to touch their cards. My impression at Finsbury
Park is that perhaps one passenger in ten touches their card on entry
or exit, whereas probably 50% now have Oysters.

A quick check of my Oyster card suggests that journeys *to* Finsbury
Park come up as unresolved, but journeys *from* don't. I don't swipe
at Finsbury Park and I don't (yet) have any pre-pay balance on the
card

Martin