In article ,
(Richard J.) wrote:

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

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Paul Terry) wrote:

In message
, Colin
Rosenstiel writes

There are no shops on my way from my mother's to the station.

IIRC, Eats & Bits, almost opposite East Putney station, is an
Oyster Ticket Stop (or am I thinking of the wrong station?).

Since opposite East Putney Station is the wrong side of the
South Circular Road and an office block, I don't know where you
mean. On the forecourt maybe but they seem to have limited
opening times and I've not noticed Oyster signs.

Eats & Bits at 120 Upper Richmond Road, SW15 2SP, is an Oyster
Ticket Stop. I think you'll find it's in the row of shops
between the railway bridges and Oxford Road.

In other words on the other side of the South Circular Road from
my route to East Putney station.

So what? There's a pedestrian crossing there, for heaven's sake.

I can see you're not a regular user of that crossing if you're not aware
of how inconvenient it would be to use as an alternative to the ticket
office, especially if the only reason for going there is because a ticket
machine is broken or the queues are excessive. That was enough of a
problem with a ticket office in place. Why do you think I use the bike
when I can these days?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In article ,
(John Rowland) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

There are no shops on my way from my mother's to the station. How
can I put an arbitrary (small) amount on my Oyster if I don't have
change?

They don't want you to put an arbitrary small amount on.

So I'll cycle then.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

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

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

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Paul Terry) wrote:

In message
, Colin
Rosenstiel writes

There are no shops on my way from my mother's to the station.

IIRC, Eats & Bits, almost opposite East Putney station, is an
Oyster Ticket Stop (or am I thinking of the wrong station?).

Since opposite East Putney Station is the wrong side of the
South Circular Road and an office block, I don't know where you
mean. On the forecourt maybe but they seem to have limited
opening times and I've not noticed Oyster signs.

Eats & Bits at 120 Upper Richmond Road, SW15 2SP, is an Oyster
Ticket Stop. I think you'll find it's in the row of shops
between the railway bridges and Oxford Road.

In other words on the other side of the South Circular Road from
my route to East Putney station.

So what? There's a pedestrian crossing there, for heaven's sake.

I can see you're not a regular user of that crossing if you're not
aware of how inconvenient it would be to use as an alternative to
the ticket office, especially if the only reason for going there is
because a ticket machine is broken or the queues are excessive.

The scenario you originally raised was "how can I put an arbitrary
(small) amount on my Oyster if I don't have change", in the event of the
ticket office at East Putney being permanently closed. We've
established that there's a ticket stop just across the road. If that's
so awfully inconvenient for you, you should make sure you always have
change on you, or think ahead and top up during the arrival leg of your
journey, or save time and hassle by topping up less frequently with
larger amounts. It's not rocket science.

--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

In article ,
(Richard J.) wrote:

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

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

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Paul Terry) wrote:

In message
,
Colin Rosenstiel writes

There are no shops on my way from my mother's to the
station.

IIRC, Eats & Bits, almost opposite East Putney station, is an
Oyster Ticket Stop (or am I thinking of the wrong station?).

Since opposite East Putney Station is the wrong side of the
South Circular Road and an office block, I don't know where
you mean. On the forecourt maybe but they seem to have limited
opening times and I've not noticed Oyster signs.

Eats & Bits at 120 Upper Richmond Road, SW15 2SP, is an Oyster
Ticket Stop. I think you'll find it's in the row of shops
between the railway bridges and Oxford Road.

In other words on the other side of the South Circular Road from
my route to East Putney station.

So what? There's a pedestrian crossing there, for heaven's sake.

I can see you're not a regular user of that crossing if you're not
aware of how inconvenient it would be to use as an alternative to
the ticket office, especially if the only reason for going there
is because a ticket machine is broken or the queues are excessive.

The scenario you originally raised was "how can I put an arbitrary
(small) amount on my Oyster if I don't have change", in the event
of the ticket office at East Putney being permanently closed.
We've established that there's a ticket stop just across the road.
If that's so awfully inconvenient for you, you should make sure you
always have change on you, or think ahead and top up during the
arrival leg of your journey, or save time and hassle by topping up
less frequently with larger amounts. It's not rocket science.

It's not "just across the road". It's some way along the road too, and
the other side of a very busy main road which is hard to cross, signalled
crossing or not.

Given that there are shops in the station entrance way, closing the
ticket office without arranging for one of them to sell tickets is a
serious anti-customer action.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Sun, 20 May 2007 14:47 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

In article ,
(John Rowland) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

There are no shops on my way from my mother's to the station. How
can I put an arbitrary (small) amount on my Oyster if I don't have
change?

They don't want you to put an arbitrary small amount on.

So I'll cycle then.

Probably a good choice. It's not as if TfL are short of customers,
and it'll be better for you as well!

That said, why don't you just put a tenner or 20 quid on and use it as
you need to? It's not as if (so far as I know) the credit expires.
That's what I do, and 20 quid usually lasts me the best part of 6
months because I normally use outboundary Travelcards when travelling
to/in London.

Neil

--
Neil Williams
Put my first name before the at to reply.

On Sun, 20 May 2007 16:05 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

Given that there are shops in the station entrance way, closing the
ticket office without arranging for one of them to sell tickets is a
serious anti-customer action.

Wouldn't it be preferable that the money saved was used on more
beneficial things relating to the service, rather than on staffing a
ticket office that isn't really necessary? (There's no reason why the
ticket machines should not be able to sell everything, and if they
don't perhaps the money could be spent on replacing them). If you
keep the staff, they're a lot more use walking round helping people
than behind a glass screen.

Neil

--
Neil Williams
Put my first name before the at to reply.

On Sun, 20 May 2007 14:47 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

In article ,
(John Rowland) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

There are no shops on my way from my mother's to the station. How
can I put an arbitrary (small) amount on my Oyster if I don't have
change?

They don't want you to put an arbitrary small amount on.

So I'll cycle then.

Fine, if it stops your continual whining here.

"Richard J." wrote in news:eOY3i.22463
:


The scenario you originally raised was "how can I put an arbitrary
(small) amount on my Oyster if I don't have change", in the event of the
ticket office at East Putney being permanently closed. We've
established that there's a ticket stop just across the road. If that's
so awfully inconvenient for you, you should make sure you always have
change on you, or think ahead and top up during the arrival leg of your
journey, or save time and hassle by topping up less frequently with
larger amounts. It's not rocket science.


Or bite the bullet, give TfL your credit card details and go for auto top-
up...

On May 20, 4:44 pm, James Farrar wrote:
On Sun, 20 May 2007 14:47 +0100 (BST), (Colin

Rosenstiel) wrote:
In article ,
(John Rowland) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

There are no shops on my way from my mother's to the station. How
can I put an arbitrary (small) amount on my Oyster if I don't have
change?

They don't want you to put an arbitrary small amount on.

So I'll cycle then.

Fine, if it stops your continual whining here.



If only something would stop the smugness of the apologists for TfL.

First they came for the people who live in South London ...

.... and when they come for you, there will be no one left to speak out.

On May 19, 2:00 pm, Boltar wrote:
On May 19, 1:42 pm, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:



There are no shops on my way from my mother's to the station. How can I
put an arbitrary (small) amount on my Oyster if I don't have change?

I strongly suspect they don't care. If by saving a load of money they
make a large number of peoples lives difficult , well, I imagine they
just see it as collateral damage.

B2003



Yes, the answer to all the questions being asked in this thread is
"they don't give a ****".