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Roy Stilling · September 9th 06, 04:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london

wrote:

Even though the ticket is valid at East Croydon (or any other
intermediate station on a permitted route), the automatic barriers may
well not open. I believe the barriers have trouble with the limited
amount of information that can be conveyed on the ticket's magnetic
strip, and can't interpolate validity of tickets that aren't coded to
directly relate to that station.

My Gillingham (KEnt) - London terminals season is valid for travel
to any station between those two points, but it won't even open the
barriers at the next station, Chatham, and I have to show it to the
gateline staff.

Roy