Kings Cross validators

Four sets of smartcard validators have now been fitted on each side of
the entrance arches to Kings Cross opposite platforms 1-8. They are
not comissioned yet.

"Matthew Dickinson" <matthewleedickinson@> wrote in message
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> Four sets of smartcard validators have now been fitted on each side of
> the entrance arches to Kings Cross opposite platforms 1-8. They are
> not comissioned yet.

BHK has had some enabling works done a few weeks ago (by the looks of it)
for them too, and when I went through HAN today they had been installed
there too - all be it non working.

In message
<4f424376-c94c-4aa0-bb44-7f3f41cd6981@k30g2000hse..com>,
cosmo.johnson@ writes
>On Aug 30, 7:44 pm, "Q" <..@..> wrote:
>> "Matthew Dickinson" <matthewleedickin...@> wrote in message
>>
>> news:0e7e70f8-758f-41e7-a18a-92dd5444da18@l64g2000hse..com...
>>
>> > Four sets of smartcard validators have now been fitted on each side of
>> > the entrance arches to Kings Cross opposite platforms 1-8. They are
>> > not comissioned yet.
>>
>> BHK has had some enabling works done a few weeks ago (by the looks of it)
>> for them too, and when I went through HAN today they had been installed
>> there too - all be it non working.
>
>HAN as in Hanwell?
>~cj

Just noted two outside Goodmayes Station tonight (switched off).

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Paul G
Typing from Barking

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:42:01 +0100, Paul G <notion@paddington.org.uk>
wrote:

>In message
><4f424376-c94c-4aa0-bb44-7f3f41cd6981@k30g2000hse..com>,
>cosmo.johnson@ writes
>>On Aug 30, 7:44 pm, "Q" <..@..> wrote:
>>> "Matthew Dickinson" <matthewleedickin...@> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:0e7e70f8-758f-41e7-a18a-92dd5444da18@l64g2000hse..com...
>>>
>>> > Four sets of smartcard validators have now been fitted on each side of
>>> > the entrance arches to Kings Cross opposite platforms 1-8. They are
>>> > not comissioned yet.
>>>
>>> BHK has had some enabling works done a few weeks ago (by the looks of it)
>>> for them too, and when I went through HAN today they had been installed
>>> there too - all be it non working.
>>
>>HAN as in Hanwell?
>>~cj
>
>Just noted two outside Goodmayes Station tonight (switched off).

Interesting observations. Looks like there is a concerted programme of
work to get validators installed on at least 3 TOCs (FCC, FGW, NXEA).
Any signs of life south of the river?

--
Paul C

On Aug 31, 11:06 am, Paul Corfield <aoo...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

> Interesting observations.  Looks like there is a concerted programme of
> work to get validators installed on at least 3 TOCs (FCC, FGW, NXEA).
> Any signs of life south of the river?

When I asked FCC about ITSO on one of their online "meet the managers"
forums they said they had no plans because it wasn't in their
franchise
agreement. Is this about something different?

Ganesh

On Aug 31, 11:06 am, Paul Corfield <aoo...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

> Interesting observations.  Looks like there is a concerted programme of
> work to get validators installed on at least 3 TOCs (FCC, FGW, NXEA).
> Any signs of life south of the river?

None in SouthEastern-land yet, more's the pity... SouthEastern appear
to be the only TOC who haven't made any sort of firm commitment to
accepting Oyster, so I have no great hopes of anything happening soon.

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<822a9317-a375-45c7-a5f4-a24bf015fc89@56g2000hsm..com>,
urpthebarem (Rupert Candy) wrote:

> On Aug 31, 11:06 am, Paul Corfield <aoo...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>
> > Interesting observations.  Looks like there is a concerted programme
> > of work to get validators installed on at least 3 TOCs (FCC, FGW,
> > NXEA). Any signs of life south of the river?
>
> None in SouthEastern-land yet, more's the pity... SouthEastern appear
> to be the only TOC who haven't made any sort of firm commitment to
> accepting Oyster, so I have no great hopes of anything happening soon.

That will be because it's being re-franchised as we speak, so presumably
the commitment will be on the new franchisee.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

<cosmo.johnson@> wrote in message
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HAN as in Hanwell

Yep.

> Interesting observations.  Looks like there is a concerted programme of
> work to get validators installed on at least 3 TOCs (FCC, FGW, NXEA).
> Any signs of life south of the river?


Sanderstead, Riddlesdown and Upper Warlingham on Southern all seem to
have them, and I'm sure I spotted ones at Woldingham and Oxted (out of
zone 6) too, but I'm not sure.

On Aug 31, 12:30 pm, Rupert Candy <urptheb...m> wrote:
> On Aug 31, 11:06 am, Paul Corfield <aoo...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>
> > Interesting observations.  Looks like there is a concerted programme of
> > work to get validators installed on at least 3 TOCs (FCC, FGW, NXEA).
> > Any signs of life south of the river?
>
> None in SouthEastern-land yet, more's the pity... SouthEastern appear
> to be the only TOC who haven't made any sort of firm commitment to
> accepting Oyster, so I have no great hopes of anything happening soon.

And yet they seem to be ahead on selling Oyster, or maybe that's only
at Lewisham, where they definitely sell it at the counter now* and
there's a card-only machine (which often doesn't work when I go there
for the purpose).

One might suppose that this would be to do with the DLR, except that
the DLR doesn't sell Oyster.

*Actually they disappear off to some other part of the ticket office
to do it, but at least they can.