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Jason · October 22nd 04, 11:15 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On 22 Oct 2004 00:39:29 -0700, (Kevin) wrote:

So is the coding on a paper ticket not smart enough to establish that
a journey is made across zone 1. It seems pretty fundemental to me. If
you buy a zone 2 ticket at say Chalk Farm then travel to Vauxhall then
you must have crossed zone 1. The gates have only been around for
about 15 years, couldn't that check have been part of the programme or
am I missing something here. Do the gates only check the validity of
the date and that the exit zone matches the zone on the ticket.

In my limited knowlesge of this, I think paper tickets don't carry
enough data to establish this.

I know someone who from time to time travels from a Zone 3 Underground
station to another Zone 2 station via Zone 1, with a Zone2/3 ticket -
and the ticket works at each gateline.

This is why Oyster came in and why I've experienced ticket checks in
the depths of Green Park in the interchange areas between the
Victoria, Piccadilly and Jubilee lines.

Cheers,

Jason.

Cheers,

Jason.