On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:56:00 -0800, Offramp wrote:

On 28 Jan, 16:24, Mizter T wrote:

It was thought through though...

Do you mind if I keep that sentence?

I actually wondered how many times Mizter T looked at it as he wrote the
post thinking "I'm sure I've screwed that up somewhere...."

On 28 Jan 2010 23:47:10 GMT, "Michael R N Dolbear"
wrote:

Mizter T wrote

I'm left wondering whether a PAYG user arriving on Southeastern who
then uses the shortcut through Southwark tube station (i.e. to get
straight out the other side) might well end up getting charged the
through NR+LU fare, rather than the NR fare. That's a simple enough
experiment to do... though I'm never quite sure when the Waterloo East
entrance to Southwark tube station is open, as it's closed later in
the evening and also maybe for some of the weekend.l

Since it's an OSI that links it to another thread !

Any idea if Waterloo East now has gates on the main way via the high
level walkway nowadays?

I thought it always had, I certainly remember going though a gateline
to and from Waterloo on rare visits long ago.

It does not have gates. Presumably there is not enough room for an
adequate number. I assume Oyster validators have now appeared there.
--
Peter Lawrence

On 29.01.10 21:56, Peter Lawrence wrote:
On 28 Jan 2010 23:47:10 GMT, "Michael R N
wrote:

Mizter wrote

I'm left wondering whether a PAYG user arriving on Southeastern who
then uses the shortcut through Southwark tube station (i.e. to get
straight out the other side) might well end up getting charged the
through NR+LU fare, rather than the NR fare. That's a simple enough
experiment to do... though I'm never quite sure when the Waterloo East
entrance to Southwark tube station is open, as it's closed later in
the evening and also maybe for some of the weekend.l

Since it's an OSI that links it to another thread !

Any idea if Waterloo East now has gates on the main way via the high
level walkway nowadays?

I thought it always had, I certainly remember going though a gateline
to and from Waterloo on rare visits long ago.

It does not have gates. Presumably there is not enough room for an
adequate number. I assume Oyster validators have now appeared there.

Does the Drain now have gates on the Waterloo side? I haven't been
through that way in a while, but I remember that there were simply
validators at the entrances for Bank-bound service.

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On 29.01.10 21:56, Peter Lawrence wrote:
On 28 Jan 2010 23:47:10 GMT, "Michael R N
wrote:

Mizter wrote

I'm left wondering whether a PAYG user arriving on Southeastern who
then uses the shortcut through Southwark tube station (i.e. to get
straight out the other side) might well end up getting charged the
through NR+LU fare, rather than the NR fare. That's a simple enough
experiment to do... though I'm never quite sure when the Waterloo East
entrance to Southwark tube station is open, as it's closed later in
the evening and also maybe for some of the weekend.l

Since it's an OSI that links it to another thread !

Any idea if Waterloo East now has gates on the main way via the high
level walkway nowadays?

I thought it always had, I certainly remember going though a gateline
to and from Waterloo on rare visits long ago.

It does not have gates. Presumably there is not enough room for an
adequate number. I assume Oyster validators have now appeared there.

Does the Drain now have gates on the Waterloo side? I haven't been through
that way in a while, but I remember that there were simply validators at
the entrances for Bank-bound service.

There are no gates on the Waterloo and City line at either end. Oyster
validators are in place at all W&C exits/entrances at Waterloo. Makes my
life awkward if I forget to touch in/out when in a hurry....

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On 29.01.10 21:56, Peter Lawrence wrote:
On 28 Jan 2010 23:47:10 GMT, "Michael R N
wrote:

Mizter wrote

I'm left wondering whether a PAYG user arriving on Southeastern who
then uses the shortcut through Southwark tube station (i.e. to get
straight out the other side) might well end up getting charged the
through NR+LU fare, rather than the NR fare. That's a simple enough
experiment to do... though I'm never quite sure when the Waterloo East
entrance to Southwark tube station is open, as it's closed later in
the evening and also maybe for some of the weekend.l

Since it's an OSI that links it to another thread !

Any idea if Waterloo East now has gates on the main way via the high
level walkway nowadays?

I thought it always had, I certainly remember going though a gateline
to and from Waterloo on rare visits long ago.

It does not have gates. Presumably there is not enough room for an
adequate number. I assume Oyster validators have now appeared there.

Does the Drain now have gates on the Waterloo side? I haven't been
through that way in a while, but I remember that there were simply
validators at the entrances for Bank-bound service.

There are no gates on the Waterloo and City line at either end. Oyster
validators are in place at all W&C exits/entrances at Waterloo. Makes my
life awkward if I forget to touch in/out when in a hurry....

Ooops! If you want to leave the Underground at Bank then yes, you do have to
use gates. But if your journey involves another line then you can just walk
on through the Greathead shield tunnel.

Mizter T wrote:


Thanks Matthew - I'm obviously out of date! That is at least a
straightforward, albeit slightly clunky, way of dealing with it.

I was imagining there either being standalone Oyster readers for
Waterloo East, or otherwise some complex arrangement whereby the LU
gates were programmed to take account of the possibility that the
journey might continue onwards on NR or LU depending on which side the
passenger arrived at. I think the chosen solution is probably for the
best (though it's also rather odd sounding!).

It's worth noting that if either set of gates is locked open for
whatever reason, e.g. no staff to attend to it (more likely to be the
Southeastern gates!) then pax using Oyster PAYG would still need to
negotiate both set of gates, i.e. touch-out on one set, then touch-in
again.

I remember finding some very bored Southeastern RPIs in the no-mans
land of the hall once - was a bit strange to have them request sight
of my ticket - which was actually an Oyster plus season Travelcard,
which one of them scanned with a handheld reader - then almost
immediately having to touch my Oyster on the LU gate.

I'm left wondering whether a PAYG user arriving on Southeastern who
then uses the shortcut through Southwark tube station (i.e. to get
straight out the other side) might well end up getting charged the
through NR+LU fare, rather than the NR fare. That's a simple enough
experiment to do... though I'm never quite sure when the Waterloo East
entrance to Southwark tube station is open, as it's closed later in
the evening and also maybe for some of the weekend.l

Any idea if Waterloo East now has gates on the main way via the high
level walkway nowadays?

Nope - there is a mini gateline at the top of the stairs to Sandell St,
but no gates on the bridge to Waterloo (or at the bottom of the
escalators), just validators where the bridge joins the Waterloo East
'ticket hall'. I presume there isn't room anywhere to install the number
of gates that would be needed for a station that busy.
--
Current nearest station: Sydenham Hill

On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:20:52 -0000, "Nick P"
wrote:

It does not have gates. Presumably there is not enough room for an
adequate number. I assume Oyster validators have now appeared there.

Does the Drain now have gates on the Waterloo side? I haven't been
through that way in a while, but I remember that there were simply
validators at the entrances for Bank-bound service.

There are no gates on the Waterloo and City line at either end. Oyster
validators are in place at all W&C exits/entrances at Waterloo. Makes my
life awkward if I forget to touch in/out when in a hurry....

Ooops! If you want to leave the Underground at Bank then yes, you do have to
use gates. But if your journey involves another line then you can just walk
on through the Greathead shield tunnel.

There even used to be Carnet validators there (might still be), which
were basically a standard ticket barrier unit but without the actual
barrier attached.

Neil

--
Neil Williams
Put my first name before the at to reply.

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On 29.01.10 21:56, Peter Lawrence wrote:
On 28 Jan 2010 23:47:10 GMT, "Michael R N
wrote:

Mizter wrote

I'm left wondering whether a PAYG user arriving on Southeastern who
then uses the shortcut through Southwark tube station (i.e. to get
straight out the other side) might well end up getting charged the
through NR+LU fare, rather than the NR fare. That's a simple enough
experiment to do... though I'm never quite sure when the Waterloo East
entrance to Southwark tube station is open, as it's closed later in
the evening and also maybe for some of the weekend.l

Since it's an OSI that links it to another thread !

Any idea if Waterloo East now has gates on the main way via the high
level walkway nowadays?

I thought it always had, I certainly remember going though a gateline
to and from Waterloo on rare visits long ago.

It does not have gates. Presumably there is not enough room for an
adequate number. I assume Oyster validators have now appeared there.

Does the Drain now have gates on the Waterloo side? I haven't been
through that way in a while, but I remember that there were simply
validators at the entrances for Bank-bound service.

There are no gates on the Waterloo and City line at either end. Oyster
validators are in place at all W&C exits/entrances at Waterloo. Makes my
life awkward if I forget to touch in/out when in a hurry....

Ooops! If you want to leave the Underground at Bank then yes, you do have
to use gates. But if your journey involves another line then you can just
walk on through the Greathead shield tunnel.

Which has had gates on it for at least the last two years

tim

"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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| On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:53:56 GMT, (Neil
| Williams) wrote:
|
|The only problem with them was that they were all right handed (for
obvious reasons) ...
|
|

The proportion of "lefty"s in the population is much higher than the
proportion of "disabled" people who have to be accommodated by law, so how
come we get no consideration? In fact we don't get any consideration
anywhere (except as below), so that must make us the last group you can
legally discriminate against or disregard. This may be related to the fact
that, according to the Church, even God is right-handed (which must raise
the question of whether a spiritual being has hands), and I could quote you
Bible verses and even hymn titles to back this.

Fortunately, most "lefty"s are more adaptable than most "righty"s - again
for obvious reasons - so we get by. But there are some severely left handed
people who can do little with the right hand and they must struggle with
ticket barriers and the like. And at my workplace we did until a couple of
years ago have a water heater over the sink with a tap fitted in such a
position that to use it with your left hand was to risk dislocating your
wrist.

I suppose the problem is that with these things there has to be a convention
or chaos results and so the majority are favoured. It is similar to the
Pony Club, where if you want to join in the games on horseback you have to
do them right-handed because most of the games involve exchanging items
between riders passing each other. I remember seeing one team lose in the
Pony Club games at the National Horse Show because one of their team members
was a "lefty" and was obviously struggling with the "exchanges".

Some do care - the Nationwide building society does (or did until recently)
have two pens for customer use at each position, so you could fill out your
form comfortably whichever hand you chose to use.
--
- Yokel -

"Yokel" posts via a spam-trap account which is not read.

"Yokel" wrote

Some do care - the Nationwide building society does (or did until
recently)
have two pens for customer use at each position, so you could fill out
your
form comfortably whichever hand you chose to use.

Isn't there at least one bank which is able to provide left-handed cheque
books, with the stub on the right?

Peter