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PAYG on FCC north of Finsbury Park
On Aug 11, 6:25*pm, MIG wrote:
On 11 Aug, 18:14, John B wrote: On Aug 11, 6:08*pm, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 09:56:28 on Tue, 11 Aug 2009, martin remarked: Walking past Alexandra Palace station this afternoon, I noticed that the standalone Oyster reader (on the pavement, next to the outdoor ticket machine) has had its neoprene jacket removed, and was inviting passengers to touch in or out of the station, and had an orange LED lit. I can't see any mention on the TfL or First Capital Connect website that PAYG is now valid from this station - does the working reader mean that it probably is, but they've just not told anyone about it yet? Why does it have to active for PAYG, what about only for travelcards on Oyster? (Or does the presence of an Oyster reader *always* mean PAYG is allowed?) a) Travelcard users don't need to touch in, so providing a touch-point for them (other than to get through barriers) would be pointless. Unless they are extending their journey beyond their zone on another side of London ... Good point. I've been caught out like that (luckily in an 'oops, sorry' way, rather than a 'gbp20 fine' way) at LHR, having not touched in my Z12 at Finsbury Park when I lived there. But they don't provide such readers at all the other ungated stations where travelcards are valid. *Maybe it's a special case because PAYG is accepted on parts of FCC? I'm sure it's *there* in preparation for PAYG being enabled for NR. Why it's been switched on already is a harder ask (my top 3 options are mistake, testing, and FCC having come to an agreement earlier than the south-of-river TOCs which they'll announce shortly). In the meantime, we need a guinea pig with a PAYG card and no Travelcard loaded to touch in and see what happens... -- John Band john at johnband dot org www.johnband.org |
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