On 28 Feb, 14:18, Sam wrote:
On 28 Feb, 07:43, Old Central wrote:

OK I am a regular Underground and Tramlink user but whenever I visit
DLR, (WIQ, West India Quay, and GAR, Gallions Reach) I often fail to
touch out.

As an occasional visitor to London, with Oyster PAYG, I'm never sure
what to do on Tube-DLR transfers. At Bank, there are lots of signs
saying "always touch", so I always do.

But I did Central-DLR at Stratford the other week. Mindful of Bank, I
touched as I went past the validator on the platform. On the DLR
train, there was an inspector who told me I shouldn't have used that
validator - I should have just walked straight from Tube to DLR.

I've done the anecdote about when I was going from Euston to Cannon
Street (down the road from Bank) and forgot to touch in (used to
having a travelcard and the gate was open).

So instead of getting straight out at Bank and down Walbrook, I went
to the DLR and touched, then up the escalator to the Monument gateline
(equally adjacent to Cannon Street) and touched out and got charged
the correct price for a zone 1 journey.

It's almost as if the Bank validator doesn't know where it is, apart
from being somewhere in zone 1.


And then at Cutty Sark, I found myself going up and up and wondering
where the validator would be to touch out, worrying that I had already
missed it.

Not ideal. (But overall I have to say Oyster PAYG is still great as an
infrequent visitor; I much prefer it to paper ticketing with
travelcards.)