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Can I buy an Oyster reader?
londoncityslicker wrote: "Clive Dennis" wrote in message oups.com... After I board the bus, once the bus has left the stop, when the driver gets to the next stop, can I ask the driver if my Oyster Card was validated? Can I request a receipt for my Oyster validation from the driver's Wayfarer? On the tram, though, there is no ticket staff - does the tram driver have a reader? How can I prove my innocence on a tram? Not so much of a problem on the tube as the gate swinging open is a good indication that you've touched in correctly. However, I have had much trouble on the DLR and buses with readers. If you don't touch in properly by laying your card flat on the reader for a second then sometimes the card registers and sometimes it doesn't. It may beep and and give you an error message But it sometimes register anyway. If you touch in again to make sure then more often than not you end up with an unresolved journey. And unresolved journey are of course a pain. Especially in non tube areas like the DLR where you have to phone Oyster customer services. If you don't touch in again and walk on then theres no way of knowing if you have a valid ticket. The DLR crew do use their initiative and give you the benefit of the doubt in most cases. However the heavy handed revenue inspectors really don't care. They are in the business of collecting names and addresses and prosecuting. It happens to me at least once a week. Solution I can see on the DLR is if you touch in twice at the same reader then the system should realise this Actually the oyster phone line is bloody useless. I live in a DLR area but with no tube stations nearby. The "helpline" cannot resolve unresolved journies meaning I have to go to a tube station and cannot use my Oyster card in the meantime - meaning I have to pay normal cash rates! There are some serious problems with Oyster pre-paid for those not living near a tube station that TFL are just ignoring. As per normal us Londoners not living near a tube station get a second rate transport service.... |
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