On 2 Apr, 07:27, Sarah Brown
wrote:
I realised my Oyster PAYG probably wouldn't be valid - no problem,
thinks I; I'll just get a paper ticket for the extra few stops.

Just FYI Oyster is now valid as far as Tottenham Hale on that route,
though you'd have to get off the train and touch out to switch
tickets.

She points to one about 10 metres from me, in a part of the
station I hadn't even considered looking in, *because it's the other
side of a gateline*. "Just touch out and use that one", she says.

That's the main entrance to the station. The bit you call the "foyer"
is really just an interchange hall in the current setup, so you
weren't outside yet.

The lack of information is due to Stratford being a tube station.
There is a National Rail ticket office tacked on the side (outdoors,
as I recall) to the right as you enter the station. They might have
sold you a better ticket.

What an utterly weird setup. Is there anywhere else on the network
where you have to go through two sets of gatelines to get out?

If you get off the H&C at Paddington you'll reach one gateline to get
out onto the footbridge. If you continue along the footbridge and go
along platforms 2/3 or 4/5 to reach the concourse, you'll find
yourself inside another gateline, probably with a ticket that won't
activate them.

(this is entirely optional as neither set of gates encloses anything)

U

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