Emirates Air Line

[burneside]

Afaik when the east London line reopened as lo they gave out free travel cards

I think that is quite wrong. TfL is funded by its farepayers and a government subsidy in the billions, it shouldn't be giving out free anything. Why should taxpayers subsidise a tourist attraction?

 

[CC 72100]

That is correct, give it a while and I should imagine it will be That isn't in the foreseeable future. Using a travelcard does give you discount off of your Boarding Pass.

TP

Didn't think so. Thanks for that anyway

 

[bicbasher]

Afaik when the east London line reopened as lo they gave out free travel cards

Indeed, I was given a zone 1-6 travelcard on LUL stock. Although it could be possible those were subsidised by the TOC operating the LO concessionery.

 

[tbtc]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jul/25/olympics-2012-dozens-stranded-cable-car

Dozens of travellers were left suspended 300ft above the Thames on Wednesday when a new cable car system linking two Olympic venues broke down

 

[jon0844]

Oh good. Another thing for the press to get excited about!

I bet they were disappointed it was only 30 minutes and nobody died.

 

[Skimble19]

At least they'll have had plenty of time to enjoy the views! Can't say I'd have enjoyed it much tho if that guys tweets were correct that they werent told anything..

 

[Clip]

Wonder if he went back for a return crossing?

 

[bicbasher]

Whenever I bought travelcards from corner shops, they were always blank pieces of card with two rubber stamps applied with the date. I guess that some of the bigget corner shops had an actual printer?

They had chunky black touch screen printers, which printed out travelcards and bus passes. They were also used at the London Travel Information Centre's operated by TfL at various locations.

Oyster Ticket shops now use portable printers which only sell Oyster products.

I travelled on the cable car yesterday, but as I didn't require the booking office as I used Oyster PAYG, I couldn't see if Emirates inherited the old Ticket Stop printers.

 

[Mojo]

I don't remember what ticket issuing system they use, but what did make me laugh was the wireless handheld chip and pin readers, like you get in a restaurant, that the staff struggled to pass through the tray under the ticket office glass

Also I've noticed that Oyster journeys do not show up on Oyster online, and when you view your history on ticket machines it shows up as a £3.20 "purchase."

 

[bicbasher]

Also I've noticed that Oyster journeys do not show up on Oyster online, and when you view your history on ticket machines it shows up as a £3.20 "purchase."

That's changed now too.