glynn80
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http://groups.google.com/group/uk.r...?lnk=gst&q=barriers+rejected#6c4c900304b3a51a
"I used a Z12 Day Travelcard at the first station out of Fenchurch St
and it was rejected by the barriers, so I had to use the manual gate.
Of course anyone else going to Fenchurch St area from this station
would use DLR and so the barriers at the station (can't remember the
name, sorry) have been set to reject the Z12 tickets"
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.r...?lnk=gst&q=barriers+rejected#34ecfdab60a8c06b
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>> Again, the ticket failed to open the barriers at London Bridge,
>> but the staff let me through. This is a <SWT station> - London
>> Terminals ticket, which is valid to London Bridge via Waterloo East.
>Unless Connex program their barriers otherwise, they will not accept a
>ticket from an SWT destination. Madness, I agree but I've had some fun
>at Reading with my gate pass, too. "
I could be copying & pasting examples all daybut will that be enough?
Quoting examples of where passengers have been refused access by barriers is certainly not evidence that has any real link to the routeing guide not forming part of the barrier's operations. The first example, by the way, has no relevance to the routeing guide, Travelcard's do not use the routeing guide to determine whether routes are valid, it is a zonal based system and thus the barrier would only need to check whether the station the ticket was being used at was in the correct zone.
The reasons for refusal could be any number of the issues that refusal codes exist for (listed here: http://railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=22221&highlight=code), for example could be that the magnetic stripe was damaged. Looking at that list, the new code listed is actually "123 Route Prohibited" rather than "Off Route" insinuating surely that the barriers are programmed using RJIS data.
The theory was one that dan_atki mentioned at 18:11 above.
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