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Ok. We may have got to the bottom of this. Went to Paddington and the GWR ticket office re-issued the ticket. But when they did so, they spotted that the initial issuer (Abellio) had mistakenly issued it for a year + 1 day (starting 1st Sept 2018 and ending 1st Sept 2019). They reckoned that...

Right. Of course. Thanks

So.. a question. Why do the barriers have to write anything to my ticket in any case? Surely all the barrier needs to know is if I’m good to travel? That’s a read operation, not a write operation. Can someone enlighten me?

Ok, here is my attempt to pinpoint where the tunnel was (thanks for your help) EDIT: haha! Just realised that under the 1921 OS map you can see various modern maps! I did it all manually by copying and pasting from google maps and laboriously resizing until it matched! Could have saved a bit...

Wow! What an incredible resource! I had no idea this existed. Thanks!

It sounds to me as if you guys understand all this rather better than the many NR or LUL staff I have raised it with (whether on the gates or in the ticket office)! They seem not to understand their own systems and just cluelessly respond with “no idea mate”, “hmm.. that’s odd” or “I’ll just...

Thanks. So you are saying it would be better to use the newly duplicated ticket in a NR barrier first then a LU barrier? I think someone higher up was saying the opposite. Maybe the trick is simply to leave a big gap between the first LU use and the first NR use (maybe over a weekend) -...

Ha! yes, I guess so.. I really just wish they would fix their system though! Who do I call? (no doubt GWR will just blame LU and vice versa). (better call Saul!)

So a LU gate guy just said to me I was risking an £80 fine if an inspector catches me with this ticket. Whatever I say, as far as LU is concerned the ticket is showing 54 - which means cancelled magnetic strip. This is ridiculous!

Just went to the GWR ticket office at Paddington. They told me the ticket is reading correctly and that I will need to ask the Underground to re-set the software on their barriers! All of them?

Thanks for these practical suggestions. Just to answer you, Yes, in the past, the ticket has just spontaneously started working again (a GWR ticket office staff guy said to me that they were getting problems with their barriers and they hoped it would fix itself in a few days) Here is my...

It’s not that because a) replacing the card doesn’t solve the problem; b) it works fine in the GWR barriers.

Ok. Thanks everyone. So any idea how I can fix this?

Ok. So my error code is... 54

...or don't pass though, in my case! Thanks