On 3 Jan, 17:40, "Paul Scott" wrote:
Chris wrote:
On 3 Jan, 15:52, trainmanUK wrote:
The whole reason for these OEP is that many NR stations do
not have barriers so if you get to your destination and see no one
there you can just walk off the station with out paying (Touching
out)

Not so....all in-zone NR stations are or will have Oyster validators -
and it is your responsibility toi touch out. Barriers or no.

ISTM you've missed the very point of the previous post. He explained exactly
why OEPs are needed. At unbarriered stations there is nothing whatsoever to
stop a passenger who entered elsewhere with a season travelcard ignoring a
validator. *The TOCs aren't prepared to take that obvious revenue risk - but
TfL do already, and are prepared to accept it.

Paul S

There's no difference surely between that situation and someone with a
paper
travelcard exiting outside their zones, surely?

Actually, there is a difference - with a paper ticket the passenger
will (likely)
know they're outside their zones and should be paying something extra,
somehow.
A passenger with both a travelcard and PAYG credit on their Oyster
card is likely
to think they'll have some credit deducted when they leave and not
have any idea
what an OEP is. (I know this has been done before, but it's still
crazy)