On 3 Nov 2005 05:39:01 -0800, "Mizter T" wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:

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.

Doh! I forgot about that, what with H&W to Kenton being AIUI the sole
example on the LU network of where NR/LUL printed ticketing is not
interavailable (hence H&W to Euston not being valid on a LU printed
ticket)

OK, if I adjust my example a little, still using the DC lines (the
joint Bakerloo/ Silverlink Metro line) - if I went from Wembley Central
to Euston then on southwards to Balham on the Northern line, this is
what I'd see on the Journey History screen...

Wembley Central - Euston
Wembley Central - Balham

But would I be able to complete the same journey on a printed ticket? I
reckon I should be able to, but I'd be anxious that the automatic gates
at Euston would retain it, under the logic that my ticket was a Zone
1-4 single and I'd just completed a journey from Zone 4 into Zone 1.

Yes you would be able to because both "sides" of Euston should be
configured as a OSI to deal with the fact that LUL fares are valid on
Tube and NR services either "side" of the gatelines. A LUL issued SOO
(station of origin) ticket should work the same as a TOC issued ticket.
For Harrow and Wealdstone the LU issued ticket would have to be SOD
(Station of Destination) format and coding. These are technicalities in
the ticket types and coding and work in different ways in the gates. Too
complex to explain here but the gates can deal with the differential
validities arising from the rules. It should be imperceptible to the
passenger.

Same as for Liverpool St or Fenchurch St where LUL station of origin
tickets and fares apply to Stratford or Barking / Upminster. Note that
Liv St has to deal with tickets to all three destinations given the
occasional use of that terminal by C2C trains.

--
Paul C


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