If you're travelling from an LU station to an NR or DLR station that
doesn't have gates and you're also travelling back the same route -
don't bother touching in or out at your destination. Just touch out at
your home station when you get back and you'll be charged the 4 quid
maximum single fare - less than for a return journey from most outer
stations.

B2003

On Jun 14, 5:43 pm, thagor2...@googlemail.com wrote:

Wouldn't that be eight squids rather than four?

On Jun 14, 6:21 pm, MIG doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:

Nope , it only deducts a single journey. Presumably thats the penalty
fare if you realise you've forgotten something on your way to work or
wherever and have to return home so touch in and out at the same
station.

B2003

thagor2008@googlemail.com wrote:

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:16:20 +0100, Dave Newt wrote:

According to a London Lite article I posted about here around 6 months
ago, the charges for touching in then out at the same station are:

asdf wrote:

I have a couple of years ago (tried to catch a coach, went halfway, lack of
connecting trains meant I didn't have enough time to get to the coach stop,
came back). The gates won't let you out of the station - you have to go to
the ticket office to get them to resolve it. I don't know what happens if
you do this at an ungated station.

Theo

On Jun 14, 11:37 pm, asdf wrote:

thagor2008@googlemail.comtyped

asdf wrote:

I have: the charge is £1.50.

I was amongst those evacuated from Kings Cross on the 'booze cruise'
night before the alcohol ban came in, so entered and left the same
station after about 20 minutes without being able to catch a train.

I suspect TfL took a tidy sum that night. Had I not tapped out (all
gates were open and staff directed passengers through the
pushchair/wheelchair gates), no doubt it would've been £4 instead.

In message <48572e8c$0$26088$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>, at 04:23:31 on
Tue, 17 Jun 2008, Thunderbug gmail.com> remarked:

The Oyster system should have a means to do bulk refunds if the
circumstances of such an incident is entered in. It would be an ultimate
insult to be stuck on a tube train for several hours, then charged a
hefty fee when you were eventually liberated.