Oyster PAYG on Heathrow Connect
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Oyster PAYG on Heathrow Connect
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, at 10:17:19 on Sun, 9 Nov 2008, Mr Thant remarked: On 8 Nov, 16:05, Roland Perry wrote: Talking of which, I went through T123 Underground station earlier today, and the automatic barriers were taped off, with everyone having to take a scenic tour of the booking office to get to the escalators. It wasn't clear why The signs say "escalator closure trials". I think the closure was a success. Now they can declare the trial over. I think the station has two sets of escalators - one beyond the ticket office for people going in, and one before the ticket office for people leaving, which have their own gateline that exits directly onto the airport corridor. Everyone was being sent via the latter. We went down the escalator I think you'd normally expect to, but the gateline from the corridor to the escalator was closed, and an entire 360 degree trip round the ticket office hall was required. The centre of the hall is a maze of queue-control barriers, but they were shut and therefore unable to be used as a short-cut. -- Roland Perry |
Oyster PAYG on Heathrow Connect
On 9 Nov, 19:37, Richard wrote: On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:52:29 GMT, (Neil Williams) wrote: I have wondered if it would make more sense, given the open nature of DLR's system, to have a flat fare and readers on-board instead of having them on the stations. Agreed. *I think the same can be said for trams. Of course in London the trams do already operate on a flat fare basis on Croydon Tramlink - they didn't start off like this but things were switched around a number of years ago so trams basically became an equivalent to buses. Though of course the point you were making is that trams should have on-board Oyster readers. I suppose there are several pluses and minuses to doing things either way. |
Oyster PAYG on Heathrow Connect
On 9 Nov, 22:09, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 10:17:19 on Sun, 9 Nov 2008, Mr Thant remarked: On 8 Nov, 16:05, Roland Perry wrote: Talking of which, I went through T123 Underground station earlier today, and the automatic barriers were taped off, with everyone having to take a scenic tour of the booking office to get to the escalators. It wasn't clear why The signs say "escalator closure trials". I think the closure was a success. Now they can declare the trial over. Sublime, Mr Perry! |
Oyster PAYG on Heathrow Connect
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Oyster PAYG on Heathrow Connect
On 10 Nov, 10:58, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 12:25:42 on Sun, 9 Nov 2008, remarked: https://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/contact/tube/default.asp Done. You too, Roland? Yes. Good stuff. My impression is that TfL handles passenger comments and complaints somewhat more diligently than others in the transport business, and issues do get passed up the line to the appropriate people. |
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