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Colin Rosenstiel · November 9th 05, 09:22 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 01:48 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),

(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

My Cambridge to Underground Zones 1 & 2 tickets don't get eaten at
East Putney which is much more baffling.

It's eminently logical actually. The ticket has two validities - one
LU and one NR. A LU gate only looks at the LU bit. It cannot know
whether you have had your ride on NR before entering LU or if the NR
trip is after leaving LU. Therefore the gate has to give you the
benefit of the doubt and return the ticket once it has done what it
needs to do in respect of the LU validity. Simple.

Huh? It's an NR to LUL ticket so when it gets to an exit gate that's the
LU journey done and therefore the whole journey done, surely?

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Colin Rosenstiel