On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:30:33 +0000, David Cantrell
wrote:

Seems to work OK for paper tickets. If the trains are broken, the
ticket is accepted on relevant bus routes, with no extra fees and no
hassle.

In theory.

TheOneKEA ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Simple: Oyster validators at every single National Rail station inside
the Zones.

Oh, if only.

I needed to go from Vauxhall to Waterloo recently.

Easiest way? Mainline, right? One stop. Takes longer to type this than the
flamin' journey.

No. The Oyster validator told me to seek assistance. I did. Nope, I've only
got (more than sufficient) PAYG on there, and need at least a weekly
Travelcard.

The bus took ages to arrive, then far longer to actually complete the
journey, plus the walk from where it terminated to Waterloo station itself.

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:40:02 +0000, Barry Salter
wrote:

When a card holder 'touches in' at the start of their Journey an Entry
Charge is debited from the balance on their Oyster card as their
authority to travel - the Entry Charge represent(sic) a "Right to
Travel" and is NOT a ticket. From 19th November 2006, the Entry Charge
will be £5 at the following stations:

[...]
London Kings Cross (suburban platforms 9 - 11)

My daily commute (by FCC, not on an Oyster card) terminates at Platform
9 at King's Cross. I don't believe that I have ever seen any Oyster
touch in/out devices there.

Have they not been installed yet, or am I just not very observant?

--
Philip

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In article ,
lid (Philip K) wrote:

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:40:02 +0000, Barry Salter
wrote:

When a card holder 'touches in' at the start of their Journey an
Entry Charge is debited from the balance on their Oyster card as
their authority to travel - the Entry Charge represent(sic) a
"Right to Travel" and is NOT a ticket. From 19th November 2006,
the Entry Charge will be £5 at the following stations:

[...]
London Kings Cross (suburban platforms 9 - 11)

My daily commute (by FCC, not on an Oyster card) terminates at
Platform 9 at King's Cross. I don't believe that I have ever seen any
Oyster touch in/out devices there.

Have they not been installed yet, or am I just not very observant?

You're just not very observant. look by the station at the end of the
platforms (as opposed to the passageway through to Platform 8). I think
there is also one part way up platform 9 by the other way through to 8.

Someone will no doubt explain why they are there.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Philip K wrote in
:

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:40:02 +0000, Barry Salter
wrote:

When a card holder 'touches in' at the start of their Journey an Entry
Charge is debited from the balance on their Oyster card as their
authority to travel - the Entry Charge represent(sic) a "Right to
Travel" and is NOT a ticket. From 19th November 2006, the Entry Charge
will be £5 at the following stations:

[...]
London Kings Cross (suburban platforms 9 - 11)

My daily commute (by FCC, not on an Oyster card) terminates at Platform
9 at King's Cross. I don't believe that I have ever seen any Oyster
touch in/out devices there.

Have they not been installed yet, or am I just not very observant?


Wasn't there a smudge on the work order for installation so they got
installed on platform 9 3/4 ;-)

Epicentre wrote:

Wasn't there a smudge on the work order for installation so they got
installed on platform 9 3/4 ;-)

Yes, but those are only for a special kind of magic Oyster cards. ;-)

--
Olof Lagerkvist
ICQ: 724451
Web: http://here.is/olof

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
lid (Philip K) wrote:

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:40:02 +0000, Barry Salter
wrote:

When a card holder 'touches in' at the start of their Journey an
Entry Charge is debited from the balance on their Oyster card as
their authority to travel - the Entry Charge represent(sic) a
"Right to Travel" and is NOT a ticket. From 19th November 2006,
the Entry Charge will be £5 at the following stations:

[...]
London Kings Cross (suburban platforms 9 - 11)

My daily commute (by FCC, not on an Oyster card) terminates at
Platform 9 at King's Cross. I don't believe that I have ever seen any
Oyster touch in/out devices there.

Have they not been installed yet, or am I just not very observant?

You're just not very observant. look by the station at the end of the
platforms (as opposed to the passageway through to Platform 8). I think
there is also one part way up platform 9 by the other way through to 8.

Someone will no doubt explain why they are there.

....because Oyster Pre-pay is available on FCC between King's Cross and
Finsbury Park:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/dlr/tickets/oyster_faqs.shtml#7

However some trains that stop at Finsbury Park depart from the main
shed at KX (often platform 8, I think). Are there any Oyster readers on
platforms 1-8?

PaulO

In article .com,
(Paul Oter) wrote:

Someone will no doubt explain why they are there.

...because Oyster Pre-pay is available on FCC between King's Cross
and Finsbury Park:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/dlr/tickets/oyster_faqs.shtml#7

However some trains that stop at Finsbury Park depart from the main
shed at KX (often platform 8, I think). Are there any Oyster
readers on platforms 1-8?

Not that I've ever noticed.

--
Colin Rosenstiel