The validators at the entrance to the Bank DLR departure platform are
now working, with a notice by them saying that you're liable to a
penatly fare if you don't touch in on them when using Oyster PAYG.

They are set to Enter only, unlike all other interchange validators.
Touching in on them did not show on my journey history.

There seems to be no provision to touch out when arriving at Bank DLR.
I also couldn't find any interchange validators at Canning Town when
changing to the Jubilee.

I can't see the reason to have them at Bank as anyone travelling from
Bank DLR should have touched in somehere on the tube (not necessarily
the case at Canning Town or Stratford)

I can't see the reason to have them at Bank as anyone travelling from
Bank DLR should have touched in somehere on the tube (not necessarily
the case at Canning Town or Stratford)

The validators are for people who didn't enter the system at a tube station
but want to use prepay for their DLR journey.

In message , at 07:16:40 on Mon,
14 Nov 2005, TKD remarked:
I can't see the reason to have them at Bank as anyone travelling from
Bank DLR should have touched in somehere on the tube (not necessarily
the case at Canning Town or Stratford)

The validators are for people who didn't enter the system at a tube station
but want to use prepay for their DLR journey.

How do people get to the validators without either arriving at the
station by tube train, or entering at Bank tube station? I can only
think it's people who arrive by DLR and immediately want to retrace
their steps.
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 07:16:40 on Mon, 14 Nov 2005, TKD
remarked:
I can't see the reason to have them at Bank as anyone travelling from
Bank DLR should have touched in somehere on the tube (not necessarily
the case at Canning Town or Stratford)

The validators are for people who didn't enter the system at a tube station
but want to use prepay for their DLR journey.

How do people get to the validators without either arriving at the station by tube train, or
entering at Bank tube station? I can only think it's people who arrive by DLR and immediately want
to retrace their steps.
--
Roland Perry

People who started their journey at an ungated NR station and interchanged to
the tube at somewhere like Moorgate perhaps?

In message , at 17:05:46 on Mon,
14 Nov 2005, TKD remarked:
How do people get to the validators without either arriving at the station by tube train, or
entering at Bank tube station? I can only think it's people who arrive by DLR and immediately want
to retrace their steps.

People who started their journey at an ungated NR station and interchanged to
the tube at somewhere like Moorgate perhaps?

Shouldn't they validate at Moorgate?
--
Roland Perry

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:25:15 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:

How do people get to the validators without either arriving at the station by tube train, or
entering at Bank tube station? I can only think it's people who arrive by DLR and immediately want
to retrace their steps.

People who started their journey at an ungated NR station and interchanged to
the tube at somewhere like Moorgate perhaps?

Shouldn't they validate at Moorgate?

They'd be expected to if they wanted to travel outside their zone on a
tube line.

But perhaps this situation is treated differently because some people
might consider the tube leg and DLR leg as two separate journeys, and
not think to touch in at Moorgate.

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 17:05:46 on Mon, 14 Nov 2005, TKD
remarked:
How do people get to the validators without either arriving at the station by tube train, or
entering at Bank tube station? I can only think it's people who arrive by DLR and immediately
want
to retrace their steps.

People who started their journey at an ungated NR station and interchanged to
the tube at somewhere like Moorgate perhaps?

Shouldn't they validate at Moorgate?

If you already had a ticket valid to Bank and were going to use prepay for the DLR
journey you wouldn't expect to validate at Moorgate.

In message , at 18:01:05 on
Mon, 14 Nov 2005, TKD remarked:
People who started their journey at an ungated NR station and interchanged to
the tube at somewhere like Moorgate perhaps?

Shouldn't they validate at Moorgate?

If you already had a ticket valid to Bank and were going to use prepay for the DLR
journey you wouldn't expect to validate at Moorgate.

How is that different from having a valid ticket to (say) Elephant and
Castle on the northern form somewhere up north, and wanting to use
prepay to extend the journey to Balham?
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 18:01:05 on Mon, 14 Nov 2005, TKD
remarked:
People who started their journey at an ungated NR station and interchanged to
the tube at somewhere like Moorgate perhaps?

Shouldn't they validate at Moorgate?

If you already had a ticket valid to Bank and were going to use prepay for the DLR
journey you wouldn't expect to validate at Moorgate.

How is that different from having a valid ticket to (say) Elephant and Castle on the northern form
somewhere up north, and wanting to use prepay to extend the journey to Balham?
--
Roland Perry

Because the entire journey will be on Oyster. If you started at an NR station you will have
to buy the ticket to Bank on paper.

In message , at
20:40:28 on Mon, 14 Nov 2005, TKD remarked:
How is that different from having a valid ticket to (say) Elephant and Castle on the northern form
somewhere up north, and wanting to use prepay to extend the journey to Balham?

Because the entire journey will be on Oyster. If you started at an NR station you will have
to buy the ticket to Bank on paper.

The journey will no more be "all on oyster" than one which switches from
northern to DLR at Bank. Let's say they started at Cambridge with a
paper ticket to Z1, then changed onto the northern at KX and have got as
far as Elephant (or Clapham South if it's a ticket to Z12), and want to
continue to Balham by Oyster.
--
Roland Perry