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Old January 11th 09, 11:37 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
Paul Corfield Paul Corfield is offline
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Default DLR to Woolwich set to open this Saturday, 10 January

On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:52:48 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Jan 10, 10:24 am, Abigail Brady wrote:
Journeyplanner claims so.

I will test it later today.


It was (and I even had a legitimate reason for using it!)

Very exciting ride in the tunnel under the Thames; much better than
the ride to Bank.

Some confusion at Woolwich Arsenal. I touched out at the DLR exit to
the mainlane platforms and then looked for a ticket machine or
similar, couldn't find one, found the exit for the mainline platforms
and then tried to touch out. Didn't work, of course (my travelcard is
z1234), so I had to plead to be let out by the people manning the
gateline. Then I got my WA-boundary zone 3 ticket and was on my
way...


Don't understand your ticketing problems given you had a Z1-4
travelcard. Woolwich Arsenal is in Zone 4 so there was need for any form
of extension ticket for NR or DLR. Trying to do two exits in a row at
the same place would cause a reject at the second exit attempt.

I assume there is a street entrance for the DLR I was supposed to exit
at so I could then walk on the street to the NR ticket office. I bet
they'll have lots of people making the same mistake I did, though.


There are two entrances from what I can tell from plans and photos. I
shall be toddling off shortly to take a look.
--
Paul C