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Maryland with an Oyster travelcard?
Greetings.
Is it permitted to travel between Liverpool Street and Maryland with a Zone 1–3 Oyster travelcard? There's no Oyster card reader to touch in or out at Maryland, though I've made the journey both ways several times without apparent incident. That is, going from Maryland to Liverpool Street, the exit gates have always opened upon swiping my card, and going either way, I've never had any money deducted from my PAYG balance. If I were to encounter a ticket inspector at Maryland, would I be in trouble for not possessing a valid ticket? Regards, Tristan -- _ _V.-o Tristan Miller Space is limited / |`-' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- In a haiku, so it's hard (7_\\ http://www.nothingisreal.com/ To finish what you |
Maryland with an Oyster travelcard?
On Nov 23, 12:33 pm, Tristan Miller
wrote: Is it permitted to travel between Liverpool Street and Maryland with a Zone 1–3 Oyster travelcard? There's no Oyster card reader to touch in or out at Maryland, though I've made the journey both ways several times without apparent incident. That is, going from Maryland to Liverpool Street, the exit gates have always opened upon swiping my card, and going either way, I've never had any money deducted from my PAYG balance. Yes. Maryland is in zone 3. Liverpool Street is in zone 1. You have a zones 1-3 travelcard. There is no problem. -- Abi |
Maryland with an Oyster travelcard?
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And if I meet a ticket inspector on the train to Liverpool Street, they're just going to take my word that I boarded at Maryland rather than, say, Shenfield (or some other Zone 3 station without barriers)? *That seems rather open to abuse. No different than any other tyoe if ticket, Unless you are suggesting that the ticket inspector should start interrogating every passenger to prove where they started their journey from !! |
Maryland with an Oyster travelcard?
On Nov 23, 1:27 pm, Tristan Miller
wrote: And if I meet a ticket inspector on the train to Liverpool Street, they're just going to take my word that I boarded at Maryland rather than, say, Shenfield (or some other Zone 3 station without barriers)? That seems rather open to abuse. It's not a question of "take your word for it". You have a valid ticket for where the ticket inspector found you. If you had a paper ticket from Maryland to Liverpool Street, wouldn't the same question arise? -- Abi |
Maryland with an Oyster travelcard?
On 23 Nov, 13:56, Abigail Brady wrote:
On Nov 23, 1:27 pm, Tristan Miller wrote: And if I meet a ticket inspector on the train to Liverpool Street, they're just going to take my word that I boarded at Maryland rather than, say, Shenfield (or some other Zone 3 station without barriers)? *That seems rather open to abuse. It's not a question of "take your word for it". *You have a valid ticket for where the ticket inspector found you. *If you had a paper ticket from Maryland to Liverpool Street, wouldn't the same question arise? He does have a point though. Although with paper tickets, as you imply, there has always been an assumption of innocence, with Oyster PAYG an assumption of guilt has been built in from the start. It didn't affect travelcards till now, although the dreaded OEP is about to kick in (eg if he intended to extend to Ilford on PAYG having touched in at Liverpool Street). |
Maryland with an Oyster travelcard?
On 23 Nov, 14:05, MIG wrote:
On 23 Nov, 13:56, Abigail Brady wrote: On Nov 23, 1:27 pm, Tristan Miller wrote: And if I meet a ticket inspector on the train to Liverpool Street, they're just going to take my word that I boarded at Maryland rather than, say, Shenfield (or some other Zone 3 station without barriers)? *That seems rather open to abuse. It's not a question of "take your word for it". *You have a valid ticket for where the ticket inspector found you. *If you had a paper ticket from Maryland to Liverpool Street, wouldn't the same question arise? He does have a point though. *Although with paper tickets, as you imply, there has always been an assumption of innocence, with Oyster PAYG an assumption of guilt has been built in from the start. It didn't affect travelcards till now, although the dreaded OEP is about to kick in (eg if he intended to extend to Ilford on PAYG having touched in at Liverpool Street). Yes but with the exemple given he is not using PAYG. He has a travelcard which happens to be on an Oyster card. Exactly the same as a paper travel card. And is this OEP really going to happen. Cant see any mention in any of the recent publicity. |
Maryland with an Oyster travelcard?
In message , Tristan
Miller writes Is it permitted to travel between Liverpool Street and Maryland with a Zone 1–3 Oyster travelcard? There's no Oyster card reader to touch in or out at Maryland, though I've made the journey both ways several times without apparent incident. That is, going from Maryland to Liverpool Street, the exit gates have always opened upon swiping my card, and going either way, I've never had any money deducted from my PAYG balance. You can use an Oyster Travelcard on that route, but not PAYG (not until 2nd January, that is). -- Paul Terry |
Maryland with an Oyster travelcard?
Greetings.
In article 6a2c18a1-7885-4075- , Abigail Brady wrote: On Nov 23, 1:27 pm, Tristan Miller wrote: And if I meet a ticket inspector on the train to Liverpool Street, they're just going to take my word that I boarded at Maryland rather than, say, Shenfield (or some other Zone 3 station without barriers)? That seems rather open to abuse. It's not a question of "take your word for it". You have a valid ticket for where the ticket inspector found you. If you had a paper ticket from Maryland to Liverpool Street, wouldn't the same question arise? I suppose. I just found it strange that the station lacks an Oyster card reader, when every other station I've been to in Zones 1–3 has one. Regards, Tristan -- _ _V.-o Tristan Miller Space is limited / |`-' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- In a haiku, so it's hard (7_\\ http://www.nothingisreal.com/ To finish what you |
Maryland with an Oyster travelcard?
In message , Tristan
Miller writes I suppose. I just found it strange that the station lacks an Oyster card reader, when every other station I've been to in Zones 1–3 has one. Until recently the only stations that have readers are the ones where PAYG can be used. That is obviously changing with the imminent introduction of PAYG on almost all of National Rail in the London area. -- Paul Terry |
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