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Where are the oyster prepay validators at Farringdon
On my first trip using oyster prepay from west hampstead to london
bridge the whole incident was a farce. At london bridge I tried exiting via the barriers only to be told by a goon that west hampstead is not a valid PAYG. I was then told by a revenue protection officer that I had to touch the prepay reader by the pillars on platform 6. Thus backtracking... Eventually I found the inconspicious prepay validator in an atrium. At farringdon I could not find the prepay validators, so I had to exit the station using my FCC ticket and re enter using my oyster card. That was a complete mess, considering the FCC and tube platforms are next to each other. The only thing that I could find was a carnet validator. This intergrated transport idea is a complete mess. |
Where are the oyster prepay validators at Farringdon
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, at 23:25:30 on Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Aosmosis remarked: At farringdon I could not find the prepay validators There are some at the ends of the footbridge at the north end of the station. -- Roland Perry |
Where are the oyster prepay validators at Farringdon
On 12 Apr, 07:25, Aosmosis wrote: On my first trip using oyster prepay from west hampstead to london bridge the whole incident was a farce. At london bridge I tried exiting via the barriers only to be told by a goon that west hampstead is not a valid PAYG. I was then told by a revenue protection officer that I had to touch the prepay reader by the pillars on platform 6. Thus backtracking... Eventually I found the inconspicious prepay validator in an atrium. London Bridge is an odd situation where the gates are not programmed to accept Oyster PAYG, so you need to touch-in or out at the standalone Oyster readers on the main platforms where the FCC Thameslink trains arrive or depart then once you get to the gates you then need to ask the staff to be let out (or in) - when you do this you'll need to say that you were travelling (or if arriving you intend on travelling) on First Capital Connect / Thameslink, otherwise they'll just presume you are one of the many people who erroneously try and use Oyster PAYG on mainline trains in south London on which it is not valid. I'm sure the reason for this set-up is to stop people from mistakenly using/abusing Oyster PAYG just so as to get past the gates at London Bridge - FCC Thameslink is the *only* mainline rail services at London Bridge that accepts Oyster PAYG, and given that you can easily reach all the destinations by Underground (except City Thameslink) from London Bridge the presumption must be that most people who are outside London Bridge (as opposed to those who are interchanging from one mainline train to FCC Thameslink or vice versa) would instead travel by Tube. Annoying, but there you go - when Oyster PAYG eventually gets accepted on all mainline rail services in London this problem will vanish. At farringdon I could not find the prepay validators, so I had to exit the station using my FCC ticket and re enter using my oyster card. That was a complete mess, considering the FCC and tube platforms are next to each other. The only thing that I could find was a carnet validator. There are standalone Oyster readers at Farringdon - downthread Roland Perry has stated where some are, but I'm quite sure there are others (in particular next to the stairs that link the southbound FCC Thameslink platform to the westbound Circle line platform). |
Where are the oyster prepay validators at Farringdon
On 12 Apr, 11:08, Mizter T wrote:
On 12 Apr, 07:25, Aosmosis wrote: On my first trip using oyster prepay from west hampstead to london bridge the whole incident was a farce. At london bridge I tried exiting via the barriers only to be told by a goon that west hampstead is not a valid PAYG. I was then told by a revenue protection officer that I had to touch the prepay reader by the pillars on platform 6. Thus backtracking... Eventually I found the inconspicious prepay validator in an atrium. London Bridge is an odd situation where the gates are not programmed to accept Oyster PAYG, so you need to touch-in or out at the standalone Oyster readers on the main platforms where the FCC Thameslink trains arrive or depart then once you get to the gates you then need to ask the staff to be let out (or in) - when you do this you'll need to say that you were travelling (or if arriving you intend on travelling) on First Capital Connect / Thameslink, otherwise they'll just presume you are one of the many people who erroneously try and use Oyster PAYG on mainline trains in south London on which it is not valid. I'm sure the reason for this set-up is to stop people from mistakenly using/abusing Oyster PAYG just so as to get past the gates at London Bridge - FCC Thameslink is the *only* mainline rail services at London Bridge that accepts Oyster PAYG, and given that you can easily reach all the destinations by Underground (except City Thameslink) from London Bridge the presumption must be that most people who are outside London Bridge (as opposed to those who are interchanging from one mainline train to FCC Thameslink or vice versa) would instead travel by Tube. Annoying, but there you go - when Oyster PAYG eventually gets accepted on all mainline rail services in London this problem will vanish. At farringdon I could not find the prepay validators, so I had to exit the station using my FCC ticket and re enter using my oyster card. That was a complete mess, considering the FCC and tube platforms are next to each other. The only thing that I could find was a carnet validator. There are standalone Oyster readers at Farringdon - downthread Roland Perry has stated where some are, but I'm quite sure there are others (in particular next to the stairs that link the southbound FCC Thameslink platform to the westbound Circle line platform). I have a feeling too that there's one by that short flight of steps. There's certainly a Carnet validator there (remember those?). PaulO |
Where are the oyster prepay validators at Farringdon
"Roland Perry" wrote in message
... In message , at 23:25:30 on Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Aosmosis remarked: At farringdon I could not find the prepay validators There are some at the ends of the footbridge at the north end of the station. -- Roland Perry It is a fair point, however (as I have mentioned before), the validators are small, grey and inconspicuous. People often rest on them or they can be otherwise hidden by crowds. Given their importance, they should be bright orange and have a pole on top with a flashing light saying "TAP HERE" ! MaxB |
Where are the oyster prepay validators at Farringdon
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:08:06 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote this gibberish: On 12 Apr, 07:25, Aosmosis wrote: On my first trip using oyster prepay from west hampstead to london bridge the whole incident was a farce. At london bridge I tried exiting via the barriers only to be told by a goon that west hampstead is not a valid PAYG. I was then told by a revenue protection officer that I had to touch the prepay reader by the pillars on platform 6. Thus backtracking... Eventually I found the inconspicious prepay validator in an atrium. London Bridge is an odd situation where the gates are not programmed to accept Oyster PAYG, so you need to touch-in or out at the standalone Oyster readers on the main platforms where the FCC Thameslink trains arrive or depart then once you get to the gates you then need to ask the staff to be let out (or in) - when you do this you'll need to say that you were travelling (or if arriving you intend on travelling) on First Capital Connect / Thameslink, otherwise they'll just presume you are one of the many people who erroneously try and use Oyster PAYG on mainline trains in south London on which it is not valid. I'm sure the reason for this set-up is to stop people from mistakenly using/abusing Oyster PAYG just so as to get past the gates at London Bridge - FCC Thameslink is the *only* mainline rail services at London Bridge that accepts Oyster PAYG, and given that you can easily reach all the destinations by Underground (except City Thameslink) from London Bridge the presumption must be that most people who are outside London Bridge (as opposed to those who are interchanging from one mainline train to FCC Thameslink or vice versa) would instead travel by Tube. Can oyster payg be used from london bridge into woolwich or london bridge to victoria? those are journeys I could be making often in the summer. -- Mark. www.MarkVarleyPhoto.co.uk www.TwistedPhotography.co.uk www.TwistedArts.co.uk www.FacelessLadies.com www.BeautifulBondage.net |
Where are the oyster prepay validators at Farringdon
On 12 Apr, 18:06, MarkVarley - MVP
wrote: (snip) Can oyster payg be used from london bridge into woolwich or london bridge to victoria? those are journeys I could be making often in the summer. No. The only mainline (aka National Rail) routes on which you can use Oyster PAYG are shown on this map (PDF): http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...G-08-01-02.pdf The above map should get updated fairly soon to reflect the upcoming availability of Oyster PAYG between Paddington and Ealing Broadway, in which case the new map will be linked to from the following TfL webpage: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/oysteronline/6369.aspx Basically south London is an Oyster PAYG no-go zone. One day over the rainbow things will be different, but I think we've still got a while yet to go. As ever when using Oyster PAYG, remember to always touch-in and out - something to particularly bear in mind when entering or exiting ungated stations. |
Where are the oyster prepay validators at Farringdon
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:15:39 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote this gibberish: On 12 Apr, 18:06, MarkVarley - MVP wrote: (snip) Can oyster payg be used from london bridge into woolwich or london bridge to victoria? those are journeys I could be making often in the summer. No. The only mainline (aka National Rail) routes on which you can use Oyster PAYG are shown on this map (PDF): http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...G-08-01-02.pdf The above map should get updated fairly soon to reflect the upcoming availability of Oyster PAYG between Paddington and Ealing Broadway, in which case the new map will be linked to from the following TfL webpage: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/oysteronline/6369.aspx Basically south London is an Oyster PAYG no-go zone. One day over the rainbow things will be different, but I think we've still got a while yet to go. As ever when using Oyster PAYG, remember to always touch-in and out - something to particularly bear in mind when entering or exiting ungated stations. Thanks for that, back to paper tickets for me then :( -- Mark. www.MarkVarleyPhoto.co.uk www.TwistedPhotography.co.uk www.TwistedArts.co.uk www.FacelessLadies.com www.BeautifulBondage.net |
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