Clapham Junction Oyster readers
Last night, while trying to get from Gatwick Airport to E9, Google's journey planner came up the fastest route being via Clapham Junction and the Overground.
Gatwick to Whitechapel is £20.60 for an Anytime single; versus £11.20 for an Anytime single from Gatwick to Clapham Junction plus £1.50 off-peak Oyster single for the remainder of the journey. Obviously I went for the latter.
With only a couple of minutes to make the change, I couldn't see any obvious Oyster validators on platforms 1&2. A man in a high visibility tabard with a roundel on the back directed me down to the subway, where I was told that I should lean over the gateline and tap in on the entry reader.
Is this really how it's meant to be done? I was expecting a standalone reader on the platform - like on the Victoria Line at Finsbury Park.
- martin
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