Hi,

Does anyone know if it is possible to use Oyster prepay from London
Paddington to Ealing Broadway?

If it is possible how would I be charged if I didn't "touch-in" at Paddinton
but just "touched-out" at Ealing - this being quite likely as there are only
ticket barriers at one end of Paddington station to get on to BR and these
are only really convenient for platforms 13 and 14.

Thanks in advance.

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Ant

In ,
Anteateruk typed:

Does anyone know if it is possible to use Oyster prepay from London
Paddington to Ealing Broadway?

No, it isn't.



Bob

"Bob Wood" wrote in message
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In ,
Anteateruk typed:

Does anyone know if it is possible to use Oyster prepay from London
Paddington to Ealing Broadway?

No, it isn't.

But it would be valid if you took Circle or Wimbleware to Notting Hill Gate,
and took the Central Line. Or indeed the Central Line from Lancaster Gate.

Michael

Does anyone know if it is possible to use Oyster prepay from London
Paddington to Ealing Broadway?

No, it isn't.



That's what I thought, but when I asked at the tube ticket office at
Paddington they said it was possible..

"Anteateruk" wrote in news:40b8507d$0
:

Does anyone know if it is possible to use Oyster prepay from London
Paddington to Ealing Broadway?

No, it isn't.

That's what I thought, but when I asked at the tube ticket office at
Paddington they said it was possible..

Maybe they were answering the question "can you use oyster from Paddington
Underground to Ealing Underground?"

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Andrew Black
andrewblack at despammed.com
London

Does anyone know if it is possible to use Oyster prepay from London
Paddington to Ealing Broadway?

No, it isn't.

That's what I thought, but when I asked at the tube ticket office at
Paddington they said it was possible..

Maybe they were answering the question "can you use oyster from Paddington
Underground to Ealing Underground?"


No, I asked about using it on Thames Trains (as it was then), the person
thought about it and decided it was fine because there were ticket barriers
at Ealing.

What would happen anyway - if you were stopped with prepay on the train then
I guess it wouldn't be valid when they checked it but if you weren't stopped
and walked through the barriers you'd be allowed out but I presume you'd
have an uncomplete journey so not be allowed back in the next time?

This doesn't really affect me because I have an Oyster travel card anyway -
but once they sort out capping it would potentially be annoying for people
who have been "capped" at travelcard price but unable to use national rail
services. Maybe this will get sorted out but I can't think how it would
work!

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Ant

"Bob Wood" wrote in message ...
In ,
Anteateruk typed:

Does anyone know if it is possible to use Oyster prepay from London
Paddington to Ealing Broadway?

No, it isn't.

Thought so, but I've frequently been told that an LUL
ticket from Z1 to Ealing Broadway *is* valid on that
part of the GW Main Line. This wasn't by people who
should know, but I've been told it several times over
the years and have inadvertantly done it myself (getting
on a train at PAD and getting off at EB with only
a LUL ticket).

*Does* the line from Paddington to EB have the same interop
status as say Amersham-Marylebone/Baker Street, or Gunnersbury-
Kew Gardens, or Kings Cross-Finsbury Park ? Maybe it should.

Richard [in PO7]

"Anteateruk" wrote in

What would happen anyway - if you were stopped with prepay on the train then
I guess it wouldn't be valid when they checked it but if you weren't stopped
and walked through the barriers you'd be allowed out but I presume you'd
have an uncomplete journey so not be allowed back in the next time?

My guess is that, unless you were stopped on the TT service, you
could get away with it. Indeed, many people might manage to do it
without realising they were doing anything wrong. Last time I was
at Ealing Broadway, you could freely walk between the TT platforms and
the LUL platforms without going through a gate. That leaves the
problem
of how to touchin the card at Paddington: you could take the circle
to Paddington, get out and touchout; walk to the metropolitan
platforms,
touch in and walk away then walk to the TT platforms.

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All this touching in and out of Oyster cards has got me confused: they
seem to have little idea of how the system is supposed to work at
interchanges,
especially those where you have to leave the station and walk in
another one.

There was engineering work on the circle line a few saturdays ago. I
arrived
at Tower GW DLR and walked to Tower Hill. I was told it was closed and
I
had to walk to Aldgate instead. I did this and was surprised to find
that the
Oystercard had treated it as a valid interchange. How did it do this ?
Somehow,
I can't imagine Oyster being reprogrammed just for engineering work.

The problem with Oyster prepay is that you don't have to commit to
"purchasing"
a ticket for your entire journey at the start of it, so does anyone
know what
would happen if you took a journey from Hammersmith to Uxbridge
without
going through Zone 1: how would Oyster know how much to charge when
you got
to Uxbridge: it wouldn't know whether you'd come via Baker Street or
North Ealing. With a paper ticket, you'd get PFed for traveling on the
more expensive
route with the cheaper ticket but with Oyster Prepay, this is not
possible
as you haven't been asked to commit to a price yet.

Richard [in PO7]

"Richard M Willis" wrote in message
om...
There was engineering work on the circle line a few saturdays ago. I
arrived
at Tower GW DLR and walked to Tower Hill. I was told it was closed and
I
had to walk to Aldgate instead. I did this and was surprised to find
that the
Oystercard had treated it as a valid interchange. How did it do this ?

Does this work at Euston/Euston Square? Or is it a time related thing?

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TC

Barry Salter wrote:
On 8 Jun 2004 13:41:01 -0700,
(Richard M Willis) wrote:


*Does* the line from Paddington to EB have the same interop
status as say Amersham-Marylebone/Baker Street, or Gunnersbury-
Kew Gardens, or Kings Cross-Finsbury Park ? Maybe it should.


Nope, because there is no parallel direct LU route (though Lancaster
Gate to Ealing Broadway, but not intermediately, could vaguely be
classed as such).

Cya,

Barry

....although Queen's Park to Euston is valid for LU tickets isn't it?

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London