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Old April 20th 09, 11:21 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Matthew T^Dickinson Matthew T^Dickinson is offline
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Default "Underground tickets will be accepted on local bus routes"

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:54:33 -0700 (PDT), Abigail Brady
wrote:

On Apr 20, 9:31 pm, Mr Thant
wrote:
On the rare occasions the Heathrow Express substitutes for the
Piccadilly Line, the conductors are instructed to only see you have an
Oyster card.


Are the HEX platforms at Paddington gated; and is there anywhere to
touch out at the Heathrow end?


There are no gates or validators at Heathrow or Paddington. The gates
on platforms 2-5 don't seem to accept any kind of Oyster card either.