"Laurence Payne" wrote in message
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On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:17:17 +0000, "R.C. Payne"
wrote:

The first time I changed at Stratford, I fell foul of the mess of this
station. I was arriving by Jubilee, and departing by central, on
prepay. When I arrived at the gateline off the Jubilee platforms, I
asked the man there whether I also had to touch in on the central line
platforms, as I was already using my oyster here. He told me I didn't
have to, so I didn't, and the obvious problem occured when I arrived at
my destination: it wouldn't let me out of the gates because I was
supposed to have touched in on the central.

That's interesting. I regularly transfer CentralJubilee at
Stratford. I have never touched in or out on the Central platform,
but have to touch at the Jubilee barrier. This has never given a
problem with my Oyster pre-pay in either direction.

It wouldn't. You do not need to touch the Central line validators if
changing from the Jubilee.