Paul Scott wrote:
"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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David Cantrell wrote:
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 07:58:23PM +0000, Paul Corfield wrote:
Do guards just examine
the Oyster or do they have those handheld devices which detect an
annual from a PAYG?
They should have hand held readers but it seems a proportion of them
have been lost. It is not your problem if a TOC representative does not
have the equipment necessary to read your card.
I thought that when you bought a travelcard you were also issued a paper
ticket which you had to carry and show on demand.
You are issued a paper record card. You do not have to carry or show this
on demand, although some train company staff seem to think you do.

Presumably its quite useful to have a ticket if one end of your journey has
NR gates
though, so it would be quite understandable for them to ask for it...

Your record card is not a ticket. It is not valid for travel. Anywhere
where your Oyster Travelcard is valid should also have readers. If they
don't, it's their problem.
--
Michael Hoffman