On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 20:40:06 -0000, Paul Scott wrote:

As an irregular user of LU services I now have a PAYG Oyster card, and it
was failing to touch half way through a journey when transferring NR to LU
that confused my account on a trip from Marylebone to Watford, changing at
Harrow on the Hill. The readers at Harrow simply say Oyster PAYG users must
touch out (or something like) - couldn't they, and those at any 'transfer'
point be more informative?

What I'm trying to say is, it is obvious to touch in or out when entering or
leaving the paid area theough a barrier, but if its a cross platform
interchange like at Stratford, couldn't the signs maybe say something like
'Oyster PAYG customers touch to transfer'?

I wasn't aware that it's even necessary to touch at Harrow on this
type of journey. I've certainly made many journeys with changes
ignoring any intermediate validators, even from NR to LU (at
Farringdon), and I've never been charged the wrong fare because of it.

If this rule has changed (or it was never universally the case in the
first place) then that's bad news. The mantra "always touch in and
touch out" already has enough exceptions.