On 12 Jan, 00:27, Mizter T wrote:

On 11 Jan, 16:47, Mr Thant
wrote:

On 11 Jan, 16:29, MIG wrote:

This is inconsistent with the other DLR interchange at Greenwich,
because if you don't touch out at (badly sited) pad near the DLR
platform, there is no barrier or touch-out facility at the main
station exit.

I think what it means is that the NR station's ticket barrier isn't
programmed to do PAYG and rejected Abigail's Z1-3 Travelcard. Since
the DLR has its own ticket barrier and exit in the vicinity of the
station, there's no need to go through the NR station to get out from
the DLR. This seems as good a way as any of reminding people PAYG
isn't usable on NR.

That's a very interesting interpretation, one that hadn't crossed my
mind - I simply though it was the result of sloppy programming.

I have to say that *if* this is the case then it actually sounds like
a fairly good way of avoiding problems, particularly of people trying
to get in to the station whilst attempting to use Oyster PAYG for
travelling on the NR trains.

[Managed to send my post before I'd finished it...]

Of course this will hopefully just be a temporary situation, given
that Oyster PAYG should be coming to NR by the year's end.

I haven't yet been to WA so I don't know how well this hypothesis fits
in with the station layout. However when I do get down there I'll be
sure to try and touch-in or touch-out on the ticket gates in the NR
side of the station.