Stratford and Oysters
 

I'm now on pay as you go.

Today I took a DLR from Devons Road to Stratford. Swiped in on way into
Devons Road, Swiped out when I arrived on DLR platform at Stratford.

The little display came up with 1.00 or something. So I assume I was
charged £1.

I then needed to exit the station at Stratford, and when I swiped through
the gates I saw another 1.00 come up.

I was going to queue up at the machine to find out whether or not I'd been
charged twice (one DLR journey and one unresolved tube journey) but the
queue was massive, stretching right out of the station.

Will I have been charged twice? If so, I assume it will be easy to prove my
innocence and therefore get the money back but why should I have to? If I
had not used the swipe when leaving the DLR train at Stratford and gone
straight for the barriers, would I have had a problem getting through the
gates, or even charged more?

Thanks.

Stratford and Oysters
 

I'm now on pay as you go.

Today I took a DLR from Devons Road to Stratford. Swiped in on way into
Devons Road, Swiped out when I arrived on DLR platform at Stratford.

The little display came up with 1.00 or something. So I assume I was
charged £1.

I then needed to exit the station at Stratford, and when I swiped through
the gates I saw another 1.00 come up.

I was going to queue up at the machine to find out whether or not I'd
been
charged twice (one DLR journey and one unresolved tube journey) but the
queue was massive, stretching right out of the station.

Will I have been charged twice? If so, I assume it will be easy to prove
my
innocence and therefore get the money back but why should I have to? If I
had not used the swipe when leaving the DLR train at Stratford and gone
straight for the barriers, would I have had a problem getting through the
gates, or even charged more?

You should be ok. Where you pass through many barriers or validators on a
journey the amount that appears as the debit on the last barrier is the
total debited for the entire journey since you first touched in. The same
thing happens where you have to touch out twice in order to exit Stratford
from the Jubilee line (you have to pass through two gatelines). It is also
similar to journeys which include an and out-of-station interchange where
it looks like you have been charged separately at the end of each leg, but
you haven't. The debit amount display is cumulative. For future reference
you do not need to touch the platform validator for the journey you
describe.

Stratford and Oysters
 

TKD wrote:
I'm now on pay as you go.

Today I took a DLR from Devons Road to Stratford. Swiped in on way into
Devons Road, Swiped out when I arrived on DLR platform at Stratford.

The little display came up with 1.00 or something. So I assume I was
charged £1.

I then needed to exit the station at Stratford, and when I swiped through
the gates I saw another 1.00 come up.

I was going to queue up at the machine to find out whether or not I'd
been
charged twice (one DLR journey and one unresolved tube journey) but the
queue was massive, stretching right out of the station.

Will I have been charged twice? If so, I assume it will be easy to prove
my
innocence and therefore get the money back but why should I have to? If I
had not used the swipe when leaving the DLR train at Stratford and gone
straight for the barriers, would I have had a problem getting through the
gates, or even charged more?

You should be ok. Where you pass through many barriers or validators on a
journey the amount that appears as the debit on the last barrier is the
total debited for the entire journey since you first touched in. The same
thing happens where you have to touch out twice in order to exit Stratford
from the Jubilee line (you have to pass through two gatelines). It is also
similar to journeys which include an and out-of-station interchange where
it looks like you have been charged separately at the end of each leg, but
you haven't. The debit amount display is cumulative. For future reference
you do not need to touch the platform validator for the journey you
describe.


As long as, if challenged on the platform, you can prove that you
weren't about to jump on an NR train ...