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January 26th 10, 12:58 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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best way to get around london for 3&half days
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On Jan 26, 10:55*am, "Paul Scott"
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DRH wrote:
Putting the ODTC and in its variants on Oyster would obviate the
need for all/much of the PAYG infrastructure - yellow validators,
pink validators, OSIs, OEPs, Oyster helpline and all.*The system has
become ridiculously complex to the point where even those, like
posters here, with a reasonable understanding of it, can be foxed.
If you get rid of all those things how will the system combine a
couple of short single journeys with an interchange outside the
gateline into one?
Are you saying why bother, just charge a day travelcard rate
anyway?
A value judgement: either pay two single fares (if these are the only
journeys you make in a day) or buy a ODTC (if you are making
several). As in most fare systems, there is an element of inequality
which can only be avoided/reduced by immensely complex systems like
PAYG.
That's what PAYG does much more conveniently for the vast majority, pay
for single journeys without queuing up for tickets all the time. I almost
never travel enough by tube these days to need a ODTC, even at the
discounted rate I get one combined with an off-Peak Day Return from
Cambridge.
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