Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
lid (Philip K) wrote:

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:40:02 +0000, Barry Salter
wrote:

When a card holder 'touches in' at the start of their Journey an
Entry Charge is debited from the balance on their Oyster card as
their authority to travel - the Entry Charge represent(sic) a
"Right to Travel" and is NOT a ticket. From 19th November 2006,
the Entry Charge will be £5 at the following stations:

[...]
London Kings Cross (suburban platforms 9 - 11)

My daily commute (by FCC, not on an Oyster card) terminates at
Platform 9 at King's Cross. I don't believe that I have ever seen any
Oyster touch in/out devices there.

Have they not been installed yet, or am I just not very observant?

You're just not very observant. look by the station at the end of the
platforms (as opposed to the passageway through to Platform 8). I think
there is also one part way up platform 9 by the other way through to 8.

Someone will no doubt explain why they are there.

....because Oyster Pre-pay is available on FCC between King's Cross and
Finsbury Park:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/dlr/tickets/oyster_faqs.shtml#7

However some trains that stop at Finsbury Park depart from the main
shed at KX (often platform 8, I think). Are there any Oyster readers on
platforms 1-8?

PaulO