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Bob Adams · January 9th 04, 09:39 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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The clock on the validator at Kings Cross WAGN platforms 9-11 is 4
houra fast.. so if you try to use your prepay between Finsbury Park
amd Kings Cross on WAGN it will create two unresolved journeys, whivh
charged mr £10.20,, No ticket office staff seem to know how to sort
this out....

Good entertainment on the 16:59 FP to Letchworth tonight. Gripper on
board gets handed an Oyster by passenger sitting opposite me. Passenger
does not possess English as his native tongue. Gripper says "Got the bit
with it" in not exactly perfectly clear grammar. Passenger looks
confused. "Got the bit with it" Gripper tries again, only this time
louder. Passenger shakes his head. "Where you going?" our perfectly
consumer friendly trained Gripper demands. Passenger responds with
something that starts with "New" but ends with "mumble". [1] Gripper
hands back the Oyster and goes in search of his next victim.

So what was "the bit with it" ?

When will WAGN Gripper's be able to read Oysters?

Why should I be willing to pay a three pound deposit for an Oyster when
it is going to save LUL a fortune? (But not it seems yet, WAGN.)

[1] New "mumble" transpired into being Oakleigh Park. Don't ask me!

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