"Recliner" wrote:
[...]
One slightly annoying thing about LHR T5 is the way that it so blatantly
steers would be rail pax towards HEx rather than the Piccadilly Line. They
even have a sales person at the customs exit, and all the leaflets are for
HEx. The ticket office sells Oyster cards, but there's nothing to tell
would-be buyers about them. I also couldn't see any sign that the machines
would see Oyster cards. I recently advised a couple of first-time
visitors to London to ensure they bought Oyster cards and took the Tube
(ideal for their hotel), and the ticket office was quite surprised to
encounter tourists who knew to ask for them.

There are at least some 'proper' London Underground TVMs at T5, which of
course are equipped to deal with Oyster... here's a photo of one of them
(replete with an annoying semi-coherent caption):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyfalla/3089867296/

On 02/08/2011 09:55, Mizter T wrote:

"Recliner" wrote:
[...]
One slightly annoying thing about LHR T5 is the way that it so
blatantly steers would be rail pax towards HEx rather than the
Piccadilly Line. They even have a sales person at the customs exit,
and all the leaflets are for HEx. The ticket office sells Oyster
cards, but there's nothing to tell would-be buyers about them. I also
couldn't see any sign that the machines would see Oyster cards. I
recently advised a couple of first-time visitors to London to ensure
they bought Oyster cards and took the Tube (ideal for their hotel),
and the ticket office was quite surprised to encounter tourists who
knew to ask for them.

There are at least some 'proper' London Underground TVMs at T5, which of
course are equipped to deal with Oyster... here's a photo of one of them
(replete with an annoying semi-coherent caption):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyfalla/3089867296/

What discount cards might one have for travelling on TfL?

--
Graeme Wall
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Railway Miscellany at www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

In message , at 09:58:29 on Tue, 2
Aug 2011, Graeme Wall remarked:

What discount cards might one have for travelling on TfL?

Child photocard.
--
Roland Perry

On 02/08/2011 10:53, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:58:29 on Tue, 2
Aug 2011, Graeme Wall remarked:

What discount cards might one have for travelling on TfL?

Child photocard.

I would assume the machines at T5 are standard and would have the same
options as elsewhere on the system.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

In message , at 11:02:48 on Tue, 2
Aug 2011, Graeme Wall remarked:

What discount cards might one have for travelling on TfL?

Child photocard.

I would assume the machines at T5 are standard and would have the same
options as elsewhere on the system.

So you accept there are such discount cards... and so all we need to
find out is why the caption writer thinks the machine won't take them.
My dim recollection is that child tickets can only be purchased at a
ticket window.
--
Roland Perry

On 02/08/2011 11:11, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 11:02:48 on Tue, 2
Aug 2011, Graeme Wall remarked:

What discount cards might one have for travelling on TfL?

Child photocard.

I would assume the machines at T5 are standard and would have the same
options as elsewhere on the system.

So you accept there are such discount cards...

Did I ever say anything different or are you just trying to start a
fight again?


--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

In message , at 12:30:10 on Tue, 2
Aug 2011, Graeme Wall remarked:

What discount cards might one have for travelling on TfL?

Child photocard.

I would assume the machines at T5 are standard and would have the same
options as elsewhere on the system.

So you accept there are such discount cards...

Did I ever say anything different or are you just trying to start a
fight again?

Your question (first line above) implies you don't think there are any
such discounts. But nice try.
--
Roland Perry

On 02/08/2011 12:55, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:30:10 on Tue, 2
Aug 2011, Graeme Wall remarked:

What discount cards might one have for travelling on TfL?

Child photocard.

I would assume the machines at T5 are standard and would have the same
options as elsewhere on the system.

So you accept there are such discount cards...

Did I ever say anything different or are you just trying to start a
fight again?

Your question (first line above) implies you don't think there are any
such discounts. But nice try.

So you are trying to start a fight, thought so.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

In message , at 13:00:08 on Tue, 2
Aug 2011, Graeme Wall remarked:

So you are trying to start a fight, thought so.

Trying to bring some closure to that aspect of your response. But your
reaction means I failed miserably.

Is it closed now, or are you going to fight on?
--
Roland Perry

On 02/08/2011 13:40, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:00:08 on Tue, 2
Aug 2011, Graeme Wall remarked:

So you are trying to start a fight, thought so.

Trying to bring some closure to that aspect of your response. But your
reaction means I failed miserably.

Is it closed now, or are you going to fight on?

Roland, stop fishing.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail