Which train stations near the Oyster boundary have contactless validators on (train) platforms?
On lines that have a London terminus, which stations have contactless validators easily accessible?
Because of how comparatively cheap contactless fares are, it can be advantageous when travelling into or out of London to use a combination of contactless and paper tickets... however that means needing to touch in and touch out.
For example, Riddlesdown has an on-platform validator easily accessible, meaning if you are close to the correct carriage it would be feasible to jump out, validate and jump back in... At Amersham, there are no validators on the platforms, but the ticket gates are very close to the middle of the London-bound platform, which would make it feasible to validate as well. Wimbledon, on the other hand, has validators only on tube platforms, which would make it infeasible to touch in/out from a train.
Is there a list of stations close to the contactless boundary that have validators easily accessible from the train platforms?
Best Answer
This is not a complete list, but the list of stations set to "continuation exit" (unofficial site) is a good starting point, although most stations are not 'boundary' stations and inclusion on the list does not guarantee a convenient validator on every NR platform:
- Barking [Zone 4]
- Chalfont & Latimer [Zone 8]
- Ealing Broadway [Zone 3]
- Elmers End [Zone 4]
- Farringdon [Zone 1]
- Finsbury Park LU [Zone 2]
- Harrow & Wealdstone [Zone 5]
- Harrow-on-the-Hill [Zone 5]
- Highbury & Islington [Zone 2]
- Kensington Olympia [Zone 2]
- Kentish Town [Zone 2]
- Moorgate [Zone 1]
- Old Street [Zone 1]
- Seven Sisters [Zone 3]
- South Ruislip [Zone 5]
- Stratford [Zones 2-3]
- Watford Junction [boundary station in its own special zone]
- West Croydon [Zone 5]
- West Ham [Zones 2–3] (there are Oyster/contactless readers are near the staircase)
- West Ruislip [Zone 6]
- Wimbledon [Zone 3] (see this map (from the same unofficial site), which suggests that, as of July 2016, the platform for Thameslink services does have Oyster/contactless validators, but not the platform for South Western Railway services)
- Woolwich Arsenal DLR [Zone 4]
Another station, not on the above list, about which I happen to know:
- Upminster [Zone 6] (Upminster has standalone validators on platforms 2–3, which is convenient for c2c services heading out of London, since they are usually on platform 2; conversely, most c2c services heading into London use platform 1, which does not have standalone validators, although it does have a side entrance with a gateline).
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