"Mike....."  wrote in message 
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>I now have a swipe card for free travel in London, (yes thats right im
> ******** old now, official). Ive seen people here warbling on about 
> swiping
> when leaving the system to avoid maximum fare or whatever. SWMBO also
> insists this is needed. (my Local Council picks up the bill for the free
> travel). Right, I went up to London, swiped the card both ends. Came back,
> swiped in but didnt swipe out because the barriers were not in us as they
> are not when station not staffed. I might be old but I dont come home for
> ********* tea, do I !!!
>
> SWMBO thinks my card and therefore council will be overcharged, will it?
> -- 

Sounds like a question for uk.transport.london. They're very good.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

Following up to grusl 

> Sounds like a question for uk.transport.london. They're very good.

lets see :-)
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"grusl" <grusl@hotma_nospam_il.usual> wrote in message 
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> "Mike....."  wrote in message 
> news:1cv40tm38nbi2$.17nk4nl3fht7i$.dlg@40tude.net...
>>I now have a swipe card for free travel in London, (yes thats right im
>> ******** old now, official). Ive seen people here warbling on about 
>> swiping
>> when leaving the system to avoid maximum fare or whatever. SWMBO also
>> insists this is needed. (my Local Council picks up the bill for the free
>> travel). Right, I went up to London, swiped the card both ends. Came 
>> back,
>> swiped in but didnt swipe out because the barriers were not in us as they
>> are not when station not staffed. I might be old but I dont come home for
>> ********* tea, do I !!!
>>
>> SWMBO thinks my card and therefore council will be overcharged, will it?
>> -- 
>
> Sounds like a question for uk.transport.london. They're very good.

Not today they're not.

The Oyster card system is broken again...

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Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time,  like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

Following up to William Black 

> The Oyster card system is broken again...

maybe it was me.........:-)
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William Black  wrote:

> "grusl" <grusl@hotma_nospam_il.usual> wrote in message 
> news:g6cjhn$4ms$1@registered.motzarella.org...
[]
> > Sounds like a question for uk.transport.london. They're very good.
> 
> Not today they're not.
> 
> The Oyster card system is broken again...

I think they're fixed again, but two problems this month is a bit
ridiculous.

Question to anyone that might know- are the problems with PAYG cards
fixed now? I wasn't in London at the time of the problems, so I'm
assuming my cards will be fine? Also, am I correct in understanding that
oyster PAYG works for Chiltern Railways in the LT area? I've a US friend
visiting soon, and I was going to lend him one of my oyster cards- and
he's intending to visit Wembley while in London.

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onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about. 
Otherwise they should just shut up about it."  -Richard Dawkins

Chris  wrote:

> On 25 Jul, 16:49, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
> (*)) wrote:
> > Also, am I correct in understanding that
> > oyster PAYG works for Chiltern Railways in the LT area? I've a US friend
> > visiting soon, and I was going to lend him one of my oyster cards- and
> > he's intending to visit Wembley while in London.
> 
> Out of luck - they only work on Chiltern where they share an station
> with LU.

I should just have done my own research rather than believe what I read
in newsgroups! :)

http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/station/wembley-stadium/

(They do work, according to the train operator.)

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onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about. 
Otherwise they should just shut up about it."  -Richard Dawkins

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:45:10 -0700 (PDT), Chris wrote:

>> Also, am I correct in understanding that
>> oyster PAYG works for Chiltern Railways in the LT area? I've a US friend
>> visiting soon, and I was going to lend him one of my oyster cards- and
>> he's intending to visit Wembley while in London.
>
>Out of luck - they only work on Chiltern where they share an station
>with LU.

Not any more - you can now also use PAYG at Wembley Stadium to
Northolt Park (i.e. all Chiltern stations in the Travelcard zones).

"William Black"  wrote in message 
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> "grusl" <grusl@hotma_nospam_il.usual> wrote in message 
> news:g6cjhn$4ms$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>
>> "Mike....."  wrote in message 
>> news:1cv40tm38nbi2$.17nk4nl3fht7i$.dlg@40tude.net...
>>>I now have a swipe card for free travel in London, (yes thats right im
>>> ******** old now, official). Ive seen people here warbling on about 
>>> swiping
>>> when leaving the system to avoid maximum fare or whatever. SWMBO also
>>> insists this is needed. (my Local Council picks up the bill for the free
>>> travel). Right, I went up to London, swiped the card both ends. Came 
>>> back,
>>> swiped in but didnt swipe out because the barriers were not in us as 
>>> they
>>> are not when station not staffed. I might be old but I dont come home 
>>> for
>>> ********* tea, do I !!!
>>>
>>> SWMBO thinks my card and therefore council will be overcharged, will it?
>>> -- 
>>
>> Sounds like a question for uk.transport.london. They're very good.
>
> Not today they're not.
>
> The Oyster card system is broken again...
>

I meant the newsgroup, not TfL!

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore

Following up to Mr Thant 

> Also, the Freedom Pass instructions only mention having to touch in or
> out when you encounter gates.

thanks for that!
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