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Posted by Fytton on Wed Mar 7 09:44:26 2012, in response to Re: ''The Tube'' on BBC2, episode 1 (video), posted by N6 Limited on Tue Mar 6 15:19:47 2012. 'Most stations have barriers where you have to tap to get in or out, so I wonder how they get in, or out.'That's true of central London stations and busy stations in outer London, but at many quieter stations in the outskirts there are no barriers, just touch pads. Also, Oyster cards are valid on other systems as well as the Underground (National Rail within Greater London, the Overground, the DLR and the Tramlink), and although you are advised to tap your Oyster in/out when transferring between the systems to avoid being overcharged, if you haven't got a ticket at all, you can easily transfer between systems without barriers (e.g. the DLR) and ones with (e.g. the Tube) at various interchange stations. So, if your overall journey is between two non-barrier stations, and there's no barrier between systems (there's none between the Tube and the DLR at Bank, for example) you can get away without a ticket but for the intervention of travelling inspectors. And as the film showed, they are in plain clothes nowadays - an idea copied from Amsterdam, I believe. There are ads up on the tube saying 'It's easy to spot ticket inspectors. They look just like you!' I knew about 'tailgating' another person through the barriers, but I was a bit surprised that the programme gave such clear and detailed instructions on other ways of avoiding payment! And, by the way, I invariably have a One-Day Travelcard so I'm always legal (8-) . |
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