james007 wrote:
Golly, it's exciting, but my Oystercard worked on PrePay today.

It even now tells me what journeys I've taken.

Where? I couldn't seem to find such things on their web site.

Good, aren't they?

Except it seems that it didn't charge me the correct fare in the 2004
fare guide for a DLR journey I made yesterday (charged £2.00 instead of
£1.80). I only glanced at the reader, so I'd be interested to see a
journey and charged fare list to confirm this.

Cheers,

Luke

Last night, there was a report that a PW crane had overturned at West
London Junction, blocking several of the Waterloo lines in the vicinity
of Clapham Junction. Similarly, this morning's traffic reports say
continued blockage at Clapham due to overrunning PW works. Now, as far
as I know, West London Junction is actually at Willisden, and therefore
any incident there shouldn't affect traffic to/from Waterloo at Clapham.
Can only presume wrong junction listed. Anyone know the true location?

In message , Derek Robinson
writes

Last night, there was a report that a PW crane had overturned at West
London Junction, blocking several of the Waterloo lines in the vicinity
of Clapham Junction. Similarly, this morning's traffic reports say
continued blockage at Clapham due to overrunning PW works. Now, as far
as I know, West London Junction is actually at Willisden, and therefore
any incident there shouldn't affect traffic to/from Waterloo at
Clapham. Can only presume wrong junction listed. Anyone know the
true location?

West London Junction is also the name given to the junction where the
spur to the West London line branches off the main line from Waterloo
just before Clapham Junction - IIRC, it is the spur used by Eurostar
trains going to and from the North Pole depot.

--
Paul Terry

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 11:11:00 +0000, Paul Terry
wrote:

In message , Derek Robinson
writes

Last night, there was a report that a PW crane had overturned at West
London Junction, blocking several of the Waterloo lines in the vicinity
of Clapham Junction. Similarly, this morning's traffic reports say
continued blockage at Clapham due to overrunning PW works. Now, as far
as I know, West London Junction is actually at Willisden, and therefore
any incident there shouldn't affect traffic to/from Waterloo at
Clapham. Can only presume wrong junction listed. Anyone know the
true location?

West London Junction is also the name given to the junction where the
spur to the West London line branches off the main line from Waterloo
just before Clapham Junction - IIRC, it is the spur used by Eurostar
trains going to and from the North Pole depot.

I saw this crane on its side at about 6pm. My journey from Waterloo
to Guildford was lengthened from 40 minutes to 2 and a half hours by
this incident.

--

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Luke Ross wrote:
james007 wrote:
Golly, it's exciting, but my Oystercard worked on PrePay today.
It even now tells me what journeys I've taken.

Where? I couldn't seem to find such things on their web site.

Not yet found it on the website.

But, find a ticket machine with a screen attached. Wave your Oystercard
at it, and follow the simple instructions to see the usage of your card.
It's up-to-date to the second, so if you walk through the exit gates
(while swiping) and then use it, you'll see that the journey you've just
finished is also included.

This works even for travelcard journeys, which it marks down as costing
£0.00; this might be because my card has prepay on it too.

j

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 08:42:45 +0000, Luke Ross
wrote:

james007 wrote:
Except it seems that it didn't charge me the correct fare in the 2004
fare guide for a DLR journey I made yesterday (charged £2.00 instead of
£1.80). I only glanced at the reader, so I'd be interested to see a
journey and charged fare list to confirm this.

I went from Fulham Broadway (Zone 2) to Old Street (Zone 1) yesterday
intending to change from the District to the Northern at
Bank/Monument. However the passageway was closed and there are signs
directing everyone to make this connection at street level.

I am quite disturbed that I was charged £2.00 for the Fulham -
Bank/Monument district line bit and a further £1.60 for the
Bank/Monument to Old Street bit, it's hardly my fault that the subway
or escalators or whatever are being rebuilt and it is necessary to
leave and reenter the station because of this work. I did not stop
anywhere between the two platforms, I went directly from one to the
other via the signposted route.

The station staff at Old Street had no idea how to fix it. I shall
have to call the Oystercard helpline I guess.

Pat Duffy typed

I went from Fulham Broadway (Zone 2) to Old Street (Zone 1) yesterday
intending to change from the District to the Northern at
Bank/Monument. However the passageway was closed and there are signs
directing everyone to make this connection at street level.

I am quite disturbed that I was charged £2.00 for the Fulham -
Bank/Monument district line bit and a further £1.60 for the
Bank/Monument to Old Street bit, it's hardly my fault that the subway
or escalators or whatever are being rebuilt and it is necessary to
leave and reenter the station because of this work. I did not stop
anywhere between the two platforms, I went directly from one to the
other via the signposted route.

The station staff at Old Street had no idea how to fix it. I shall
have to call the Oystercard helpline I guess.

I find this tale rather worrying. I envisage cases when a passenger is
too rushed to check what he has been charged and may not have the time
to rectify matters later.

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:46:06 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht
wrote:

Pat Duffy typed

I went from Fulham Broadway (Zone 2) to Old Street (Zone 1) yesterday
intending to change from the District to the Northern at
Bank/Monument. However the passageway was closed and there are signs
directing everyone to make this connection at street level.

I am quite disturbed that I was charged £2.00 for the Fulham -
Bank/Monument district line bit and a further £1.60 for the
Bank/Monument to Old Street bit, it's hardly my fault that the subway
or escalators or whatever are being rebuilt and it is necessary to
leave and reenter the station because of this work. I did not stop
anywhere between the two platforms, I went directly from one to the
other via the signposted route.

The station staff at Old Street had no idea how to fix it. I shall
have to call the Oystercard helpline I guess.

I find this tale rather worrying. I envisage cases when a passenger is
too rushed to check what he has been charged and may not have the time
to rectify matters later.

This Sucks! Phoning the Oystercard helpline, they say that they are
unable to resolve this sort of problem (they also think Old St is a
National Rail Station and has no tube service) and it has to be fixed
by tube station staff. So I talked to them at Fulham Broadway today
and they say the Oystercard helpline has to fix it!

What next?

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:26:14 +0000, Pat Duffy wrote:

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:46:06 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht
wrote:

Pat Duffy typed

I went from Fulham Broadway (Zone 2) to Old Street (Zone 1) yesterday
intending to change from the District to the Northern at
Bank/Monument. However the passageway was closed and there are signs
directing everyone to make this connection at street level.

I am quite disturbed that I was charged £2.00 for the Fulham -
Bank/Monument district line bit and a further £1.60 for the
Bank/Monument to Old Street bit, it's hardly my fault that the subway
or escalators or whatever are being rebuilt and it is necessary to
leave and reenter the station because of this work. I did not stop
anywhere between the two platforms, I went directly from one to the
other via the signposted route.

The station staff at Old Street had no idea how to fix it. I shall
have to call the Oystercard helpline I guess.

I find this tale rather worrying. I envisage cases when a passenger is
too rushed to check what he has been charged and may not have the time
to rectify matters later.

This Sucks! Phoning the Oystercard helpline, they say that they are
unable to resolve this sort of problem (they also think Old St is a
National Rail Station and has no tube service) and it has to be fixed
by tube station staff. So I talked to them at Fulham Broadway today
and they say the Oystercard helpline has to fix it!

What next?


I should add that the closed passageways at Bank and Monument are not
a figment of my imagination, it is logged at
http://tube.tfl.gov.uk/content/nexus/ :

"BANK AND MONUMENT STATIONS: Restricted interchange between the
Circle/District Lines and the Northern Line until March 2004."

Pat Duffy wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:26:14 +0000, Pat Duffy wrote:

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:46:06 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht
wrote:

Pat Duffy typed

I went from Fulham Broadway (Zone 2) to Old Street (Zone 1)
yesterday intending to change from the District to the Northern at
Bank/Monument. However the passageway was closed and there are
signs directing everyone to make this connection at street level.

Is that right? I thought people were being directed down the escalators to
the DLR and then up the stairs to the Northern Line. The only connection
that is closed is the escalator shaft to the Northern Line, which was
always signed only for that purpose from the District Line platforms.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)