West Hoathly Seagull
Honorary Ruffian
I'm a London commuter, travelling from Three Bridges to London Victoria. For this I buy a monthly ticket - I don't know how long my current work will last and secondly, I used to buy three-monthlies and found that after a while the magnetic strip was knackered and I'd have to get the ticket replaced. I also have a London flat, and sometimes go from Clapham Junction to Vauxhall to join the Tube (for various reasons I'm not currently using the flat). Up to now I've had no problem - that journey is on the line of route and therefore valid. The other night though, my ticket didn't work it, while still working fine at TB and LV. I tried to get it changed, but the clerk said his system wouldn't allow him to do it, and said it had been wrongly issued as a Key ticket.
To me, this Key thing is only any use if you can use it across the network (or within your line of journey if a STH), but Clapham Junction and Vauxhall are South West Trains stations and therefore you can't use it there. Whenever I change my ticket I ask if it will get rolled out for other companies' services, and the reply has always been, "we think so, we just don't know when". However, last night the TB clerk said he wouldn't bother with it, and to stick with paper tickets, as it was a complete shambles. In my view, they should have just extended the Oyster card out to suburban services, but some know-it-all at the Department for Transport decided to go for a completely different system. I was just wondering whether any NSC'ers use this thing, and if so, how have you found it?
To me, this Key thing is only any use if you can use it across the network (or within your line of journey if a STH), but Clapham Junction and Vauxhall are South West Trains stations and therefore you can't use it there. Whenever I change my ticket I ask if it will get rolled out for other companies' services, and the reply has always been, "we think so, we just don't know when". However, last night the TB clerk said he wouldn't bother with it, and to stick with paper tickets, as it was a complete shambles. In my view, they should have just extended the Oyster card out to suburban services, but some know-it-all at the Department for Transport decided to go for a completely different system. I was just wondering whether any NSC'ers use this thing, and if so, how have you found it?