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July 11th 04, 01:48 AM
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The Oyster card validatoris on the DLR platforms at Bank are set to
"enter" only, and the posters (not just the stickers) say that only pre-pay holders need to use them, and only when starting their DLR journey. I still can't really see why they are necessary... |
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July 11th 04, 11:56 AM
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The Oyster card validatoris on the DLR platforms at Bank are set to "enter" only, and the posters (not just the stickers) say that only pre-pay holders need to use them, and only when starting their DLR journey. I still can't really see why they are necessary... So that people with Oyster PrePay, entering DLR at Bank, don't end up with an overpriced 'unresolved journey'? -- Helen D. Vecht: Edgware. |
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July 11th 04, 02:42 PM
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Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
Matthew typed The Oyster card validatoris on the DLR platforms at Bank are set to "enter" only, and the posters (not just the stickers) say that only pre-pay holders need to use them, and only when starting their DLR journey. I still can't really see why they are necessary... So that people with Oyster PrePay, entering DLR at Bank, don't end up with an overpriced 'unresolved journey'? How can you get that far without already having passed through barriers? -- Ian Tindale |
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July 11th 04, 03:06 PM
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Ian Tindale wrote:
Helen Deborah Vecht wrote: Matthew typed The Oyster card validatoris on the DLR platforms at Bank are set to "enter" only, and the posters (not just the stickers) say that only pre-pay holders need to use them, and only when starting their DLR journey. I still can't really see why they are necessary... So that people with Oyster PrePay, entering DLR at Bank, don't end up with an overpriced 'unresolved journey'? How can you get that far without already having passed through barriers? Or even having walked past a yellow dot. If the Oyster reader is there, that seems to me to imply that you can get that far from the street without passing a target. If so, you must be able to exit from there to the street without passing one, and IMO that's too deep to be reasonable. -- James Farrar | London, SE13 | |
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July 11th 04, 03:09 PM
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Ian Tindale typed
Helen Deborah Vecht wrote: Matthew typed The Oyster card validatoris on the DLR platforms at Bank are set to "enter" only, and the posters (not just the stickers) say that only pre-pay holders need to use them, and only when starting their DLR journey. I still can't really see why they are necessary... So that people with Oyster PrePay, entering DLR at Bank, don't end up with an overpriced 'unresolved journey'? How can you get that far without already having passed through barriers? Maybe they enter at Bank, maybe they got on at Burnt Oak, where the ticket office is seldom open and the barriers seldom closed... -- Helen D. Vecht: Edgware. |
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July 12th 04, 11:59 AM
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On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:09:19 +0100, Helen Deborah Vecht
wrote: How can you get that far without already having passed through barriers? Maybe they enter at Bank, maybe they got on at Burnt Oak, where the ticket office is seldom open and the barriers seldom closed... But surely they should have "touched in" even if the gates are open. How can they legitimately be at Bank without having touched in somewhere? |
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July 12th 04, 12:33 PM
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... How can you get that far without already having passed through barriers? Maybe they enter at Bank, maybe they got on at Burnt Oak, where the ticket office is seldom open and the barriers seldom closed... But surely they should have "touched in" even if the gates are open. How can they legitimately be at Bank without having touched in somewhere? As Robin says, by using the mobility-impaired lift down to the DLR platforms. DJ. |
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July 12th 04, 12:43 PM
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k wrote: How can they legitimately be at Bank without having touched in somewhere? Easily: Leytonstone High Road to Blackhorse Road (via the GOBLIN) - Kings Cross (Victoria) - Bank (Northern). There are no validators at Leytonstone High Road and I think the interchange between GOBLIN and Victoria is behind the gateline. If not, then there are other places where one can change from NR to LuL behind the gate. -- You dont have to be illiterate to use the Internet, but it help's. |
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July 15th 04, 05:20 PM
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On Sun, 11 Jul 2004, Helen Deborah Vecht
wrote: Matthew typed The Oyster card validatoris on the DLR platforms at Bank are set to "enter" only, and the posters (not just the stickers) say that only pre-pay holders need to use them, and only when starting their DLR journey. I still can't really see why they are necessary... So that people with Oyster PrePay, entering DLR at Bank, don't end up with an overpriced 'unresolved journey'? Or as I wanted to do, but couldn't, on Tuesday at 09:31, convert from pre-pay Oyster to off-peak Travelcard when changing at Bank from Northern line to DLR. They wouldn't let me touch out. (And yes, I could have gone to the exit, gone out on Oyster and come back in on Travelcard, but life's too short!) -- Howard |
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July 17th 04, 07:33 PM
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Funny goings on with Oyster at bank remind me of a long-term glitch with one
day travelcards and return tickets with the barriers at Bank - I used to pass through regularly and with those tickets at Bank for some reason the barrier would open but then rapidly shut on you again, leaving you to wrestle your way through. Only ever found this at Bank. Emails to LT / tfl ignored. Anyone know if its still a problem? |
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