On Jun 14, 12:18 am, "Richard J." wrote:
MIG wrote:
On Jun 13, 9:19 pm, "Michael R N Dolbear" wrote:
MIG wrote

a) On national rail (where pre-pay is not yet valid) Oyster
readers are often provided at (gated) London Termini but not at
suburban stations.

More likely the other way round on SWT, where Waterloo has no
gates but many suburban stations do (not just the ones shared by
LU).

Not 'many'. SWT states (in the free mag anyway) that they only
have 19 barriered stations. Clapham Junction may not be 'theirs'
but most of the ones I am aware of are not 'suburban' or only
technically so (Woking, Bracknell, Farnborough, Windsor & Eton
Riverside).

I spose my main point was that Waterloo hasn't got gates, so it's
100% non-touching at the main terminus.

Not quite. When I caught a train from there last Saturday, they were
checking tickets on entry to the platforms (well, platform 16 anyway),
and I had to touch in on a portable Oyster reader held by an SWT guy.




Can that ever count as a touching in or out though? I think they just
check the current status.