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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 4:56 am
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London City Airport DLR - are the oyster card readers obvious enough?

OK, so I flew into LCY last night. I'm not a regular and had had a very busy day of meetings oop North.

I had 1 minute to catch the train, next one was 7 mins behind it and I was on a mission to get across London to catch my rather infrequent train home.

Needless to say I didn't touch in with my oystercard and sods law, there was a ticket inspector on the train. He got to me at Canning Town, I apologies profusely, touched out and back in at the gates at Canning town & still made the next Jubilee line train.

Thing is, I don't actually recall seeing the readers anywhere (I know they are there as I used them last month...). What's more, the DLR looks awfully like the sort of shuttle train you get at an airport, whilst with other airport trains like the HEX you can buy your ticket on board.

Is it just me, or should the station at LCY be positively screaming at you to make sure you touch in & out?
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