On Thu, 8 May 2008 11:28:50 -0700 (PDT), MIG
wrote:

On May 8, 5:37*pm, James Farrar wrote:
On Thu, 8 May 2008 09:35:03 -0700 (PDT), MIG

wrote:
On 8 May, 17:30, James Farrar wrote:
Your moan about not all gates showing the balance is technically true
but irrelevant - the only gates, TTBOMK, that don't have a display are
the *in* gates on the oldest model gates. Even if you happen to use
one such gate to enter the Tube system, you will still be leaving it
by a gate with a reader or a standalone target - all of which will
show you your balance.

I can't remember the last time I went in or out of an LU gate that
displayed anything at all apart from maybe "Enter" or "Exit".

Using PAYG or a Travelcard?

I may not have bothered to look when using a travelcard. But today
I've been through barriers at Chancery Lane using PAYG, in and out,
and they have showed nothing at all.

I think some newer ones have a tiny display on the pad, but it's not
really practical to lean back and peer at it when there's a queue
behind.

The oldest gates have displays on the reader (on out gates); all the
other gates have displays on the Exit/Enter display (both ways).

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