On Jul 21, 2:48*pm, wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:16:18 +0100
"Paul Scott" wrote:
I was trying to get across the general case that if you got off the tram and
did nothing at Wimbledon, when you touched out at 'some other station' you'd
have been travelling without a tube/rail touch in, and the gates would
charge a max cash fare on the grounds the journey was unstarted. You'd also
be subject to a PF if checked en route.

You can't get a penalty fare if you have a valid oyster card that has
enough money to pay a max fare on it. Unless an oyster is now only valid
if its touched in which would make an interesting legal case if someone
decided to challenge that.


That's simply nonsense and completely wrong - if you don't have a
validated Oyster card then you are travelling without a ticket and are
liable to a PF or prosecution. This is what all the posters and signs
say, for example these ones on the interior of doors on Tube trains:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mixthem...te/4019285039/

Also, see the TfL website he
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14436.aspx
---quote---
If you don't have a valid ticket or you don't touch in if using Oyster
pay as you go, you may have to pay a penalty fare or we may prosecute
you.
---/quote---

If there was no requirement to touch-in, then that would leave a
massive hole open - bods would travel in either the knowledge or hope
that the station at the other end didn't have gates (applies to a
great many NR stations in London), hence there'd be no barrier in the
way that would force them to touch-out (voila, a free ride), or else
in the hope that the gates at the far end would be open and hence
unsupervised.