On 19 Apr 2005 05:10:23 -0700, "Chris!" wrote:

I wasn't "having a pop". My question was what should someone do if
they are trapped in the station because their ticket doesn't work on
the gates and there are no staff at the gates to open them? They are
pretty damn stuck, aren't they?

Can't you just open the side gate and go through it? Or are they
locked?

asdf wrote:
On 19 Apr 2005 05:10:23 -0700, "Chris!"
wrote:

I wasn't "having a pop". My question was what should someone do if
they are trapped in the station because their ticket doesn't work on
the gates and there are no staff at the gates to open them? They
are
pretty damn stuck, aren't they?

Can't you just open the side gate and go through it? Or are they
locked?

From the OP

"I couldn't get access to the station despite banging on the window to
get attention"

I presume this means the side gate was closed / locked. Although the
OP was trying to get in rather than out

wrote to uk.transport.london on Thu, 14 Apr 2005:

What is involved in replacing a corrupted paper weekly travel card.
Mine wont work in any gates and it is begining to be a pain in the
arse. Its not too bad at manned stations (where the gates are manned I
mean) but at manned stations where only the booking office is manned it
is getting to be a nuisance.
I asked about a new ticket but was told it would take a long time to
issue.
Why can't they just issue a new ticket and take the old one?

I don't know - but is it really an issue on a weekly, when today is
Thursday..... a monthly or longer ticket is a different animal
altogether.

Why not go to Oyster, it's far less hassle (I find).
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 3 April 2005