On 1 Nov 2005 13:13:36 -0800, "Mizter T" wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:

(snip)

You are entitled to one full journey on LUL on the outward and return
legs. The only way you could "break" a journey is at an out of station
interchange where the gates are configured to allow such a break but
with a time limit in place.

Out of interest, do you know how long that time limit is?

I knew someone would ask. I know what it used to be for OSIs but I
understand that it has been amended to deal with pre-pay issues such as
the one below. I can't recall what the new time limit.

I presume the same time limit applies for Oyster Pre-Pay in similar
out-of-staion interchange situations?

I believe you would be right.

I've also wondered if Oyster Pre-Pay allows for such out-of-station
interchanges at more locations than paper ticketing would. An example -
I recently travelled from Harrow & Wealdstone to Euston (on
Silverlink), then on south via the Northern Line to Balham. I was
pleased to see the following when I checked my Oyster journey history
on a Tube ticket machine...

Harrow & Wealdstone - Euston
Harrow & Wealdstone - Balham

Which is, of course, correct and demonstrates how much more complex the
ticketing logic needs to be to deal with the permutations that are
possible. Now scale it up for pre-pay for all of NR in London!

... i.e. the whole journey of Harrow & Wealdstone to Balham had been
treated as one. I've never done the aforementioned journey on a £3.80
tube single ticket but if I did I would fear that it'd be swallowed by
the ticket gates at Euston with the presumption that I'd completed my
journey.

I think you would get a ticket reject at Euston because LU fares are not
available for paper tickets from H&W while pre-pay fares are IIRC.
--
Paul C


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