James Farrar wrote:
On Wed, 30 May 2007 23:57:30 -0400, David of Broadway
wrote:

Michael Hoffman wrote:

Well you'll have your shopping on you, so that's one way.
Is it permissible to go shopping while transferring from DLR to Jubilee?

This is the very question I had, although I was considering the change
from D/P to H&C at Hammersmith. I think someone said something about
15 minutes being permissible for the OSI.

That question sounds familiar.

Now, as it happens, I have
an annual Travelcard, so the point is moot, but I have been known to
pop into Tesco in the Broadway[*] every now and again.

[*] And if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere :-)

I confess that, on 14 July 2005, I made that transfer for the first
time, and I purchased a bottle of water at that very Tesco!

Although I did hit my daily cap later that day, so I guess it wouldn't
have mattered had I been charged for two separate trips.

FWIW, in New York (where out-of-system transfers are permitted from bus
to bus, bus to subway, and subway to bus), one is explicitly permitted
to run errands during the transfer period. The time limit is 2 hours
(plus an 18-minute grace period to allow for unsynchronized clocks) from
the time of initial entry swipe to the time of the second entry swipe
(we have no exit swipes, as you know). When intermodal MetroCard
transfers were first introduced, the advertising explicitly mentioned
that, for short trips that can be made by either subway or (single) bus,
a round-trip could now be made on MetroCard for a single fare (go one
way by bus and the other way by subway). In 2001, two out-of-system
subway interchanges were implemented; since we don't have exit swipes,
they effectively allow free entry into four stations (63/Lex, 59/Lex,
45th Road, and Court Square/23-Ely) within two hours of initial entry.
So if you enjoy shopping at Bloomingdale's (at 59th and Lex), and you
don't take too long, you can make your round trip, by subway in both
directions, on a single fare.
--
David of Broadway
New York, NY, USA