"Mizter T" wrote in message
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I *think* part of the reason SWT were so difficult about coming round
to the idea of accepting Oyster PAYG within London was that they were
in some dispute with the DfT as to how their ITSO smartcard scheme
would function alongside Oyster - I speculate that one of the problems
may have been the details as to how to get these two systems to mesh -
with DfT perhaps attempting to wash their hands of the details, and
TfL only really being interested in deploying the Oyster system (what
with the ITSO smartcard system being an SWT franchise commitment,
rather than something that directly involves TfL).

AIUI, in SWT's franchise spec [mostly now redacted information] it stated
that DfT would ensure that TfL would make Oyster compatible with ITSO cards.
This hasn't happened in the timescales DfT stated, hence SWT possibly
believe DfT have defaulted.

Paul S