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Oyster Card
Following on from the hostile reaction when I said that we used Oyster card daily cap for our Guinness WR, I wondered how Geoff found using his Oyster card for his charity day out. I think TfL will remove paper tickets at some stage, so Oyster or contactless is the future. As I said we didn't have any problems but it did require a bit more running up the stairs, whilst keeping an eye out for the next train.
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Re: Oyster Card
I don't think anyone minds that you used oyster, I think the issue is that Guinness were no longer accepting paper journeys, for those that choose to accept Guinness as arbiters.
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No problem with people using oyster for any challenge my reaction was to Guinness insisting we had to.
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Re: Oyster Card
i told everyone that came along on the day to buy a paper ticket ...
& yes, no problem with you using an Oyster but baffled that Guinness would insist on it. when i stop making attempts, i'll make myself an arbiter, and 'GWR' can stand for Geoff World Record...![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
i'll let you use paper tickets, and not insist you can only do it on a weekday only as well![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
& yes, no problem with you using an Oyster but baffled that Guinness would insist on it. when i stop making attempts, i'll make myself an arbiter, and 'GWR' can stand for Geoff World Record...
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i'll let you use paper tickets, and not insist you can only do it on a weekday only as well
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Re: Oyster Card
So, I used Oyster on Walk The Tube.
It worked fine except for user error when I tapped the platform device at Ealing Broadway. I tapped the other platform device thinking I was then tapping in again but this led the system to think I was tapping out three times in a row.
A number of additional exits and re-entries were made where time allowed to avoid timing out. Think, Finchley Central, Woodford, Epping, Upminster, Rayners Lane, Chesham
That said, Oyster does not time out at 2 hrs for the right journey.
It worked fine except for user error when I tapped the platform device at Ealing Broadway. I tapped the other platform device thinking I was then tapping in again but this led the system to think I was tapping out three times in a row.
A number of additional exits and re-entries were made where time allowed to avoid timing out. Think, Finchley Central, Woodford, Epping, Upminster, Rayners Lane, Chesham
That said, Oyster does not time out at 2 hrs for the right journey.
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Re: Oyster Card
Somewhat oddly, I managed to time out Harrow --> Neasden --> Harrow the other day when I got too engrossed in a conversation...moley wrote:That said, Oyster does not time out at 2 hrs for the right journey.
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