On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Robin Mayes wrote:


"asdf" wrote in message
...

When using Oyster pre-pay, there are places where you can touch out,
leave the Tube system, touch in again elsewhere, and the system will
treat it as though you are continuing your previous journey rather
than starting a new one. This can happen where you need to leave the
system to change lines (e.g. King's Cross, Hammersmith); there are
also places where you can walk between stations and have this happen
(e.g. Baker Street to Marylebone NR).

'Out of station interchanges', i believe.

The other day, I travelled from Pinner to King's Cross to meet a
friend; we walked from there to Euston, and took the Northern to
Tottenham Court Road. I was surprised to find that the pre-pay system
charged me only once, for the entire journey from Pinner to TCR, as a
single journey. It had treated the journey from Euston as a resumption
of the journey to KX.

So my question is, why did this happen? Does it allow you to have a
walk between *any* two stations as part of your journey, and if so,
what is the time limit? Or does it only work between certain pre-set
pairs of stations? Or does it matter which ticket gate is at one end
of the walk, but not the other? If either of the latter two, is there
a complete list somewhere?

It is only certain preset stations. Once the blockade of Thameslink
services in the Kings Cross area is lifted and the final achievable
recommendation following the fire at Kings Cross is implemented - an in
station interchange between the 'tube' Ticket Hall and 'subsurface'
platforms - via the newly built passageways - you would be charged for
two journeys.

So during the KX works, Euston to KX is an allowed out-of-station
interchange? What's the reasoning behind that? What journeys that would be
possible with a fully operational King's Cross are not possible with the
station in its current state, but can be replaced with a journey via
Euston and KX? The works are irritating, but walking from one part of the
station to another is still easier than walking to Euston!

tom

--
The revolution is here. Get against the wall, sunshine. -- Mike Froggatt