Robin Mayes wrote:
"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote in message
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Paul Corfield wrote:

Touch in and touch out within an unspecified time period (and if
you exceed that unspecified time period, you're subject to an £8
penalty). And maybe at some interchange points too, but nobody
seems to know for sure (e.g., Bank).

Sorry but you'll have to explain that one to me.

It's come up a few times but no-one seems to know just what the
purpose of the Oyster readers near or at the DLR platforms are for,
or what happens if you touch them whilst entering or interchanging.


If you enter Bank station via the mobility impaired lift in King
William Street these are the first validators you will come across.

If that's the only reason, it would be more sensible to put the reader by
the lift.

I forget the precise words, but I recall that the text displayed at the
reader implied that all PAYG users needed to validate there. The effect
when I did so on a journey Mansion House - Monument/Bank - West India Quay
was to deduct £1 (in addition to the £1.50 deducted on entry at Mansion
House) followed by a 50p credit when I touched out at WIQ. But the
validation at Bank DLR was shown as "Monument" in the journey history.

Incidentally, you can only realise that the 50p is a credit by examining the
balance remaining. There's no minus sign or CR indication on the online
journey history.
--
Richard J.
(swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address to email me)