I wonder how many people who refuse Oyster cards are working in the
black economy and don't want their regular 5-day a week journies from
A-to-B recorded?

Also how do National Rail station and train staff indentify the
validity of an Oyster card and how do passengers with such tickets get
out of gated NR stations without readers?

wrote in message ups.com...
I wonder how many people who refuse Oyster cards are working in the
black economy and don't want their regular 5-day a week journies from
A-to-B recorded?

Also how do National Rail station and train staff indentify the
validity of an Oyster card and how do passengers with such tickets get
out of gated NR stations without readers?


They give NR staff hand held readers but they don't always seem to have them
so usually they stare blankly for a moment at your card and say "thankyou".

All NR stations in Zones 1-6 had oyster pads fitted with the exception of Romford
which had "the wrong type of gate". Although this may have been dealt with by now.
In this case you had to wait for your ticket to be checked by a man with a hand held
scanner unless it was very busy or there were several people with oyster cards who
wanted to travel in which case you were all waved through on sight of the card.

A very elegant solution.

There are a number of NR stations with no gates at all, so no oyster
readers there.

There are a number of NR stations with no gates at all, so no oyster
readers there.

There are a number of NR stations with no gates at all, so no oyster
readers there.

Sorry for the duplicate posts. Crap newsreader.

"Londoncityslicker" wrote in message
oups.com...

There are a number of NR stations with no gates at all, so no oyster
readers there.


To be absolutely clear that should have read:

"All NR stations in Zones 1-6 that already had gates had oyster pads fitted"

TKD wrote:
"Londoncityslicker" wrote in message
oups.com...

There are a number of NR stations with no gates at all, so no oyster
readers there.


To be absolutely clear that should have read:

"All NR stations in Zones 1-6 that already had gates had oyster pads fitted"

I would say that the majority of NR stations outside zone 2 don't have
readers!

Also, if you are using an Oyster travelcard it's better to get a paper
travelcard, otherwise you don't get the discount.

--
Paul

Paul wrote:
TKD wrote:
"Londoncityslicker" wrote in message
oups.com...

There are a number of NR stations with no gates at all, so no oyster
readers there.


To be absolutely clear that should have read:

"All NR stations in Zones 1-6 that already had gates had oyster pads fitted"

I would say that the majority of NR stations outside zone 2 don't have
readers!

Also, if you are using an Oyster travelcard it's better to get a paper
travelcard, otherwise you don't get the discount.

--
Paul


There's a little confusion here. All NR stations with automatic gates
have had Oyster readers fitted to them so people with season
Travelcards on Oyster can get through them.

The only *non-gated* stations that have had Oyster readers installed
are those which accept Pre Pay, of which there are few. A list of these
routes is he http://tinyurl.com/78fu8

NR ticket inspectors in London all carry a calculator sized Oyster
reader so they can see what ticket is held on the Oyster card.

It is correct to say that the 'Passengers Charter' discounts (for poor
performance) are only available when buying printed tickets from NR
train companies.

One could weigh this saving up against the potential convenience and
cost-savings that can be made should one regularly travel by Tube out
of the zones covered by your Travelcard, when the Oyster system
automatically deducts the extra as opposed to queuing and buying a
ticket extension.

For many people, the above scenario may well be rare, so they might as
well buy from their NR train company.

On 24 Aug 2005 07:48:42 -0700, "Paul"
wrote:

if you are using an Oyster travelcard it's better to get a paper
travelcard, otherwise you don't get the discount.

What discount?

--
James Farrar

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