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Old July 18th 10, 12:10 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Tom Anderson Tom Anderson is offline
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On Sun, 18 Jul 2010, David Walters wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:42:11 -0500, wrote:
I'm confused too. Maybe Paul has the same problem. It's how the "access
fee" of up the ?45 a year and membership and the "Key fee" of ?3 relate.


My understanding is you don't need a key and can hire a bike with your
credit card but can opt to have a key if you like which will speed up
the hire process.

The payment station takes credit cards, and keys,


But not Oyster? What are these key things? Why is the cycle hire scheme
not on Oyster?

If you have a key you can short circuit the payment station and insert
it into a reader next to your chosen bike, enter your PIN and ride into
the sunset.


I suppose the key readers are cheaper than an Oyster reader; you might not
want to buy an Oyster pad for every stand.

tom

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