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

On Fri, 18 May 2007 09:59:30 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote:

It is actually. The same policy is being implemented on the Paris
Métro. As stations are being refurbished, extra ticket machines are
being installed and the ticket office becomes an information point,
staffed during most of the day. It's a logical consequence of the
growth of Oyster in London and Navigo in Paris (similar to Oyster but
without PAYG).

And Hamburg's excellent system has only a few ticket offices that are
opened once or twice a month for people to renew season tickets only.
Doesn't seem to be an issue.

The gap is still Oyster - the vending machines are a great idea, but
you can't cash one in and get your 3 quid back, nor can you purchase a
pre-loaded card by credit card which is what a lot of people may wish
to do.

Neil

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

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?).
--
Paul Terry

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.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On May 19, 1:42 pm, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
In article .com,

(chunky munky) wrote:
Get used to either using the ticket machines or visiting the local
newsagent if you want to travel......

Taken from:http://www.workersliberty.org/node/8463

The ticket offices LUL proposes to close a

...
East Putney

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?

Doesn't East Putney have an auto oyster top-up machine (the type that
has a touch screen and does paper tickets too)? The one at Theydon
Bois (which has been ticket officeless for a long time) takes cards,
notes and cash. It's occasionally closed though, presumably out of
paper or something.

When that does happen, the only other oyster point in the village is
the newsagents 300 yards away, off the beaten track, which closes
before the station anyway, and doesn't always have a working top-up.
(Don't they do a surcharge anyway?)

But the gates aren't open. There's no way of buying a ticket (aside
coins for a paper ticket which are prohibitively priced, especially at
the weekend), so no way of travelling. In the olden days you could pay
at your destination, but how does that work with oyster? Especially in
the Pre-7PM/Post-7PM time?

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

In article .com,
(Paul Weaver) wrote:

Doesn't East Putney have an auto oyster top-up machine (the type
that has a touch screen and does paper tickets too)? The one at Theydon
Bois (which has been ticket officeless for a long time) takes cards,
notes and cash. It's occasionally closed though, presumably out of
paper or something.

There is a large machine which, when it works and the queues aren't too
long, does allow one to top up Oyster. Exact money only. I forget why
Credit Cards are useless.

When that does happen, the only other oyster point in the village is
the newsagents 300 yards away, off the beaten track, which closes
before the station anyway, and doesn't always have a working top-up.
(Don't they do a surcharge anyway?)

It gets worse!

--
Colin Rosenstiel

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.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

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

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.