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I had no idea that this existed and I would have willingly paid a pound some days to walk through Stratford station from the main entrance to the Westfield one. I now do that anyway as I have a 60 plus Oyster. As someone with a disability it is a real energy saver, especially with the escalators leading up to the Westfield bridge currently out of use. The lift provision to get up on to the bridge is completely inadequate for people with mobility problems like me.
joan | 02.09.23 - 10:21 a.m. | #
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I'll risk a fussy correction - it's purely a data change to remove the entry for a platform ticket; the software that uses the data is unchanged.
Andrew S | 02.09.23 - 10:28 a.m. | #
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TfL now say local supervisors can allow people (eg “rail enthusiasts”) without tickets to access platforms “by local arrangement”. Of course they will…
Kim | 02.09.23 - 10:53 a.m. | #
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We went on the Dangleway this week, and needed to buy a child ticket - which was (very slowly) issued at the ticket office as a QR code on a bit of till roll. This was then scanned a few metres further on by a person with a handheld scanner. It did occur to me that they could speed things up slightly or need to employ fewer people if they had a ticket machine dispensing magstripe tickets, but if they're being phased out, that perhaps explains why.
martin | 02.09.23 - 11:23 a.m. | #
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I was under the impression that one could touch in with an Oyster card, then back out at the same station and be charged £1. I don't know for what duration... Never done it.
Nick K | 02.09.23 - 6:13 p.m. | #
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this page details 'same station exits'. Less than 2 minutes is free, 2-30 mins will charge you the same as a single zone trip.
martin | 02.09.23 - 6:25 p.m. | #
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This TfL page also details same stations exits.
Less than 2 minutes is maximum fare*,
2-30 mins is "minimum PAYG fare from that station",
more than 30 minutes is two maximum fares.
* but if you re-enter the same or a different station within 45 minutes, you'll be refunded**.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 02.09.23 - 8:34 p.m. | #
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Does the re-entry clause for under 2 minutes apply to buses, as well? I've had to leave a station after seeing massive delays and grabbed a bus instead. It didn't matter on the day in question because I hit the daily cap, but I'm curious.
Chz | 02.09.23 - 11:51 p.m. | #
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** This doesn't apply if you take a bus or tram before re-entering a station.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 02.09.23 - 11:57 p.m. | #
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These comments (and the links) are very enlightening! It’s bad that the refund policy doesn’t apply to bus journeys.
Chz: from the TfL page that dg links to: “Maximum fares don't count towards capping.”
From my experience, there seems to be some leaway if TfL know there has been disruption. You sometimes get a refund of this charge and an apology email the next day.
Dan | 03.09.23 - 8:10 a.m. | #
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I can confirm that platform tickets are no longer available at my local station (but they were last night).
Here's Tim buying the last platform ticket at London Bridge and here's Geoff buying the last platform ticket at Brixton.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 03.09.23 - 10:00 a.m. | #
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Perhaps this is an idea for Southwark when they want to fully kill off paper tickets?
matthieu1221 | 03.09.23 - 11:49 a.m. | #
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