On 3 Apr, 12:09, "Tim Roll-Pickering"
wrote:
MIG wrote:
I was told one had to always specifically touch in and out for the DLR,
hence the tunnel readers at Bank.
The explanation for those does seem to be the possibility of arriving
via the lift without passing a gate. *I've never had a problem with
not touching there. * A touch at the DLR one end and LU the other end,
with no touch while changing, has always resulted in me being charged
for one LU/DLR journey at the right price.

Last week I saw notices by those readers which suggested that they're for
Oyster users going out of zone, not people who've come down in the lift.

Yeah, it's possible that you'd enter the system by a cross-platform
interchange and/or ungated station, not needing to touch your Oyster
because of using a travelcard, and then realise that you needed to
travel beyond your zones on LU.

BUT in that case, why only at Bank and only on the DLR? Why can't
they provide them for that purpose on all LU platforms so that you
don't have to go all the way to the exit at the point when you realise
that you are going to use PAYG to complete an unplanned journey (or
extension of a paper travelcard as it happens)?