In article , Mizter T wrote:

On 03/11/2012 17:04, Nick Leverton wrote:
I just realised my Oyster needs a top-up for this evening but I'll be
arriving at St.Pancras main line and probably getting a bus from stop S on
Midland Road outside the side entrance. Is there a ticket machine at that
stop, to save me trekking out of my way to the LU ticket hall and back ?

Yes - all the First Capital Connect ticket machines 'do' Oyster, as I
think does the FCC ticket office too - both are up that end of the
station. (The EMT machines and ticket office don't, though.)

Thanks for the hint, that worked really well. I used one of the 3 or
4 FCC machines tucked off to one side at the bottom of the escalators
down from SPI to the Northern ticket hall, and was the only person using
them so no queue. I exclude from that heading the gentleman apparently
scavenging them for for any unwanted coins in the change receptacle or
cards left in slots - does that happen often ?

Nick
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