Greetings.

A friend of mine uses pay-as-you-go Oyster and regularly takes the
Overground from Kentish Town to Stratford, and then continues by
Underground from Stratford to Gants Hill. She claims that, while making
the intercharge, she has to touch in at a red Oyster card reader in
Stratford or else she gets overcharged for her journey. Is this true? If
so, why? Why can't she just touch in at Kentish Town and touch out at
Gants Hill? There isn't some more expensive route between the two stations
that she has to prove she didn't take, is there? Is this "touch in at
interchanges" policy just a hoop TfL makes people jump through in hopes of
making money off those who forget to do so?

Regards,
Tristan

--
_
_V.-o Tristan Miller Space is limited
/ |`-' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- In a haiku, so it's hard
(7_\\ http://www.nothingisreal.com/ To finish what you