On 14 Jul 2004 13:00:44 GMT, Robin May
wrote:

You have misunderstood, because an oyster card will allow you to enter
and exit at the same station without charging you or creating any
problems, provided the station was within the zones covered by the
travelcard on it.

I heart my oyster but I think that's not exactly true. One Fri
lunchtime I breezed in at Chancery Lane only to encounter a "westbound
not running" sign at the escalator; no info before that point and I
was one of many who entered, read and did a u-turn. We all had to
queue up at the manual gate for release since the O reader shone red
lights at us and urged us to Seek Assistance.

Similar sad tale at Hol Pk where the station staff explicitly told O
holders to tread their weary way to the tix counter for cancellation.
All of this on monthly tix.

Shirley (SCMS) the big O could allow immediate exit after entering?


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I heart my oyster but I think that's not exactly true. One Fri
lunchtime I breezed in at Chancery Lane only to encounter a "westbound
not running" sign at the escalator; no info before that point and I
was one of many who entered, read and did a u-turn. We all had to
queue up at the manual gate for release since the O reader shone red
lights at us and urged us to Seek Assistance.

I had a very similar experience when I touched my Oyster (PrePay) in at
Burnt Oak to meet a chap writing on the whiteboard on the other side of
the gateline. He was writing that there were no Northern Line services
north of Colindale, so I did a U-Turn and touched out my Oyster, the
barrier then told me to Seek Assistance. It took the chap a while to
sort out my card; I think he had to add £1 to its balance to do this ;-)

Similar sad tale at Hol Pk where the station staff explicitly told O
holders to tread their weary way to the tix counter for cancellation.
All of this on monthly tix.

Shirley (SCMS) the big O could allow immediate exit after entering?

So you'd think.
I'm glad I waited and bought a paper platform ticket yesterday...

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Colum Mylod wrote in
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Shirley (SCMS) the big O could allow immediate exit after entering?

I assume it's some kind of revenue protection thing along the lines of a
paper ticket not working entry barriers at the same station twice within
15 minutes. That was obviously designed to stop people passing their
ticket over the barrier to a friend waiting outside, so the problems with
Oyster working properly on immediate exit at the entry station would seem
to be of a similar nature.

Iain