Malcolm & Nika wrote:
"Kevin" wrote in message
m...

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.

Chalk Farm - Camden Town (Northern)
Camden Town - Kentish Town (Northern)
Kentish Town - West Hampstead (Silverlink)
West Hampstead - Richmond (Silverlink)
Richmond - Vauxhall (SWT)
-- all in zones 2/3/4. Or via Willesden Jn - Clapham Jn in zones 2/3.

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.

The program can't establish that the journey includes zone 1, so they
let you through. Some people do take longer journeys in order to avoid
zone 1.

Yes Kevin...thats about it. Remember its a private company that
runs the ticket system and it was a cast off from another place....

I don't know what your point is. Which company was "cast off" from which
other place? The fact that LU contracted out the ticketing system isn't
relevant, as LU should have specified the ticketing rules.

It has no idea you went through Z1. So it opens the gates in a
Z2...regardless of where it is.

Well, at least I agree with that!
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)