On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 18:53:45 +0000, Kat
wrote:

[travelling out of zone]
There is a fairly clear explanation about travelling out of zone with an
Oyster season ticket in a leaflet which all stations should have. I make
a point of handing it to passengers who've been caught out this way in
addition to explaining how the system works.

Ah - I need to get some leaflets then.

I cannot see how it could have been made to work in any other way
though; magnetic tickets just can't *talk* to Oyster cards.

Well yes I understand why it works that way and it is still early days
but I would have thought it was an advantage that should be sold far
more loudly to the public to encourage both take up of cards and also
understanding of how to use validators on open interchanges. I'm not
very impressed with the minimalist signing.

I have to say, it's all very time consuming though..

regrettably it was always going to be the case that some transactions
(e.g. incomplete journeys) would be rather involved.
--
Paul C


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