This is because season ticket holders using prepay as extensions do not
see
themselves as "prepay users". The signage tends to say "prepay users must
touch here" but you have to realise you are a prepay user despite having a
season ticket if you are going beyond the zones on your travelcard.

And of course yet another point where the whole "no need to plan in advance/change your
destination as you travel" falls apart!

Always touch in. Always touch out.

TKD wrote:

And of course yet another point where the whole "no need to plan in
advance/change your destination as you travel" falls apart!

Always touch in. Always touch out.

Okay give me something I can touch in and out on at my local station.

In article ,
Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:
TKD wrote:

And of course yet another point where the whole "no need to plan in
advance/change your destination as you travel" falls apart!

Always touch in. Always touch out.

Okay give me something I can touch in and out on at my local station.

which station is it?

--
RIP Morph (1977-2005)

Mike Bristow wrote:

And of course yet another point where the whole "no need to plan in
advance/change your destination as you travel" falls apart!

Always touch in. Always touch out.

Okay give me something I can touch in and out on at my local station.

which station is it?

Forest Gate.

In article ,
Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:
which station is it?

Forest Gate.

Let's rephrase a little: always touch in when you enter the area
covered by pre-pay (the tube, plus some extras).

--
RIP Morph (1977-2005)

Mike Bristow wrote:
In article ,
Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:
which station is it?
Forest Gate.

Let's rephrase a little: always touch in when you enter the area
covered by pre-pay (the tube, plus some extras).

This could be the basis of a publicity campaign to avoid all this
confusion - define appropriate parts of the network as an "Oyster Area"
or something like that, and tell people to always touch in and out of
Oyster Area. Where there are validators for Tube/rail interchange, e.g.
Highbury & Islington, then there should be a big, clear notice (which
people can't help seeing) that says that you are entering/leaving an
"Oyster Area". ("Have you touched in/out?" - like the congestion charge
reminder road signs "Have you paid?".)

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

In article , ] (Steve
Fitzgerald) wrote:

In message , GBH
writes
Heathrow to Southgate normally takes 1hr 40mn during the afternoon,
midweek. I think 1hr 25mn to Cockfosters must be the "official" time.

WTT says 1 hour 23 mins. These days it's more often right than not.

Last time I did Cambridge-Heathrow by trains I was alarmed to discover
how much more than expected were the King's Cross-Heathrow times. About
1 1/4 hours IIRC.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article , ]
(Steve Fitzgerald) wrote:

In message , GBH
writes
Heathrow to Southgate normally takes 1hr 40mn during the
afternoon, midweek. I think 1hr 25mn to Cockfosters must be the
"official" time.

WTT says 1 hour 23 mins. These days it's more often right than
not.

Last time I did Cambridge-Heathrow by trains I was alarmed to
discover how much more than expected were the King's Cross-Heathrow
times. About 1 1/4 hours IIRC.

About 55 minutes actually. Faster via HEx of course.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

In article ,
(Richard J.) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article , ]
(Steve Fitzgerald) wrote:

In message , GBH
writes
Heathrow to Southgate normally takes 1hr 40mn during the
afternoon, midweek. I think 1hr 25mn to Cockfosters must be the
"official" time.

WTT says 1 hour 23 mins. These days it's more often right than
not.

Last time I did Cambridge-Heathrow by trains I was alarmed to
discover how much more than expected were the King's Cross-Heathrow
times. About 1 1/4 hours IIRC.

About 55 minutes actually. Faster via HEx of course.

Definitely over an hour in reality when I last did it. I said I was
surprised.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Richard J.) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article , ]
(Steve Fitzgerald) wrote:

In message , GBH
writes
Heathrow to Southgate normally takes 1hr 40mn during the
afternoon, midweek. I think 1hr 25mn to Cockfosters must be the
"official" time.

WTT says 1 hour 23 mins. These days it's more often right than
not.

Last time I did Cambridge-Heathrow by trains I was alarmed to
discover how much more than expected were the King's
Cross-Heathrow times. About 1 1/4 hours IIRC.

About 55 minutes actually. Faster via HEx of course.

Definitely over an hour in reality when I last did it. I said I was
surprised.

You said times (plural), so I thought you meant the timetabled times,
not just the train you happened to be on.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)