On May 30, 9:35 pm, "dB" wrote:
If it is, then it adds a nice feature to travelling to DLR and other
stations without the barriers. I can just go to Canary Wharf shopping
centre, buy some stuff, and go back, paying just 1 quid (i live in
Z2). Is there anything that can go wrong in this method? Any exception
from entering and exiting at the same station etc.?

You'll be charged two maximum fares - one for your outbound journey and one
for your return.



It may depend on the station and how it's programmed. A few months
ago, forgetting that I was on pay as you go instead of travelcard, I
avoided a blockage at Euston by being waved in through the open gate
by a member of staff and didn't think of touching.

On the train I realised that I hadn't touched in and might face the
penalty.

I got off at Bank (roughly as planned), went via the DLR platform and
touched "in" at the mysterious DLR pads, then went up the escalator
and out through the barrier at Monument, where I was charged for a
single journey in zone 1.

Where I was meant to have been I don't know.