On 6 Mar 2007 05:09:32 -0800, "Andrea" wrote:

Having used the tube for several years, I've never yet encountered a
revenue ticket inspection on board a tube train or within station
passages [1]. Do LUL ever bother checking tickets randomly on the
network or do they let the ticket gates do the job?

I have about twice in goodness knows how many years. The barriers
probably catch enough people, given that you generally have to think
quite carefully if you wanted to find a non-barriered way out of the
network - there aren't many left!

Neil

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Neil Williams
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On 6 Mar, 18:46, "John B" wrote:
On Mar 6, 4:59 pm, "Mizter T" wrote:

Annual Oystercard holders do not need to Touch-In on the DLR.

...or on the Tube, or on bendy buses, or on trams, or on National
Rail. The only occasions where you need to touch in with a period
Oyster card are when you physically need to open barriers, and when
boarding a non-bendy bus.

OR when you're travelling outside the zonal validity of your
Travelcard, and thus are using Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) to cover the
ticket extension (i.e. excess fare) from where your Travelcard
validity finishes.

Hmm. I'd count that as "not having a period Oyster card", assuming
that "which is valid for the journey you're planning to make" is
implicit after "Oyster card" (in the same sense as "you should only
board a train at a manned station if you have a ticket"). But I
suppose you're technically right...

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John Band
john at johnband dot orgwww.johnband.org


Yes, I quite understand your logic.

Whenever we're discussing Oyster cards I almost feel the need to spell
everything out step by step, given the popular confusion there is
about the whole Oyster system (hence my reply to your post). The
problem of course is that unpacking it to such an extent each time we
discuss Oyster is somewhat laborious.

In the back of my head there's an embryonic Oyster FAQ writing itself
each time an Oyster thread comes round on utl, indeed each time I
explain it to a friend or colleague so the FAQ in the form of a
website for the benefit of non-usenetters (i.e. nearly everyone!)
would be even better. However to explain the whole system in clear yet
precise layman's terms is probably a harder task than it first
appears, for that and other reasons it ain't on the top of my list at
the moment.

Meanwhile perhaps more mention should be made of the official 'Oyster
help' Q&A website - whch does answer most questions - it's at this
URL:
http://transportforlondon.custhelp.com