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Paul Corfield · November 12th 05, 04:43 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 12:16 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

So it doesn't even know where the NR bit is, e.g. whether it logically
comes before or after the LU journey? Or where the LU & ticket
destinations are? How strange.

Not strange at all given that gates were not something entertained by
British Rail when LU decided to implement UTS. Why should a gate on the
LUL system need to know about Glasgow or Barnes or Leeds? - all NR
destinations that can appear on a ticket that might be shoved through a
LU gate. All it needs to check are the bits related to the LUL journey
and that is typically just in Zone 1. It would make the ticketing
system unnecessarily complex if it had to recognise NR destinations
because it would also need to recognise routing and the NR system can
barely cope with its own routing guide never mind foisting it on LU.
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Paul C

Admits to working for London Underground!