Top Document: [uk.transport.london] Frequently Asked Questions Previous Document: 5. Cross-London Transfer by LU Next Document: 8. London Underground Facts and Figures See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge You know when you put a ticket through a barrier on the Underground and "Seek Assistance" comes up on the display. Well, if you look on the left- hand side of the display unit when that happens, you'll see a two- digit code which the member of staff uses to work out what's wrong with your ticket. Note: On the newer gates, the code is displayed on the main barrier head and can, afaik, be seen from either side just by looking underneath the "Seek Assistance". This also applies to the Mark III and Mark IV gates but not, for some reason, to the far-left set of Mark IV gates (the Prestige ones). And now, here's the complete list of codes and their meanings, courtesy of an LUL employee who wishes to remain anonymous. 00 - Valid Ticket 01 - UTS Gate Fault (Invalid Tables) 02 - Wrong Type/Direction of use for this type of ticket 03 - BR only - no LUL validity 04 - UTS Gate Fault (Check Table Error) 05 - Technician signed onto machine 06 - Test Ticket 07 - Code Unreadable (Usually when ticket is upside down) 08 - Recoding Error 09 - Ticket Damaged 10 - Carnet Validated (Carnet Validator Only) 11 - Out of Date 12 - Not Valid Now (e.g.. OPTC before 0930, Freedom pass before 0900) 13 - Additional Fare Payable 14 - Not Valid, and is not excessable 15 - No onward validity 16 - Pass at Invalid station 17 - Excess/platform ticket at wrong station 18 - Station Permit at wrong station 19 - Start Date in future (20 - Spare) 21 - Ticket already used for entry 22 - Ticket already used for exit 23 - Carnet not validated on entry (24-30 - Spare) 31 - Invalid From OSI 32 - Invalid Into OSI 33 - Illogical Interchange through gates [1] (34-40 - Spare) 41 - Ticket used three times in quick succession at same station (entry-exit-entry or exit-entry-exit or purchase-entry-exit) 42 - Double use in one direction (43-50 - Spare) 51 - Already used for 1 journey (single) or 2 journeys (return) 52 - Pass Reported Lost or Stolen [2] 53 - Permit Reported Lost or Stolen [2] 54 - Possible Dumbbell (55-60 - Spare) 61 - Too long spent making interchange 62 - Too long spent on journey (carnets only) 63 - Too long on platform (platform tickets only) 64 - Too long on excess (Fare-Paid tickets only) 65 - Entry time exceeded on platform ticket (66-72 - Spare) 73 - Ticket given back for possible emergency use (e.g.. substitute bus service) and is not valid at this station (74-81 - Spare) 82 + 83 - Illogical Use of Ticket (84-89 - Spare) 90 - Gates set to reject this ticket type (normally child-lock) (91-98 - Spare) 99 - UTS Gate Fault (Check Time-out) If I've missed any, please let us know. These codes come into four catagories : (1) - Those in everyday use - 00, 03, 07, 08, 09, 11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 41, 42, 51, 90 (2) - Those used often in the city, but not on SA's list - 10, 23, (3) - Others on the SA's list - 02, 05, 06, 16, 17, 18, 19, 33, 52*, 53*, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 73, 82, 83, (4) - Only in technical material - 01, 04, 14, 15, 31, 32, 54*, 99 (*) - Not Used - 20, 24-30, 34-40, 43-50, 55-60, 66-72, 74-81, 84-89, 91-98 NB: The software for this was very unreliable, and so has not happened for years (if ever, if I'm understanding the situation correctly). Affects those with *. [1] #33 is when, say you exit through Monument station and re-enter at Tower Hill. The interchange is illogical, so won't accept your ticket. [2] Pass is things like Staff/Dependant/Retired passes. Permits are things like Freedom Passes. Both can be intercepted if reported lost or stolen (retained by machine, machine closes awaiting staff assistance. Code remains for staff to decipher) Note: RCI = Revenue Control Inspector, PFN = Penalty Fare, SA = Station Assistant, RCM = Revenue Control Manager(?) NB: The above codes also apply on National Railways barriers, which are virtually identical to the LU ones. User Contributions:Top Document: [uk.transport.london] Frequently Asked Questions Previous Document: 5. Cross-London Transfer by LU Next Document: 8. London Underground Facts and Figures Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: "uk.transport.london FAQ Maintainer" <utlfaq-admin@salterg.demon.co.uk>
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