People seem to be confusing two different things:

(a) ENCTS cards (bus passes) which should in due course be accepted by ITSO
compliant bus touch pads 'everywhere' - there is no cash reconciliation, the
cost is reimbursed by the local authority in which the journey starts, and

(b) prepayment smart cards (Oyster, Key and other operators' equivalents)
which are obviously linked to the individual operators' charging schemes and
are specific to particular areas and operators' services and won't
(shouldn't) work elsewhere - the exception is Oxford, where there is now
some inter-operability between Go-Ahead and Stagecoach services within the
urban area.

"Clive Page" wrote in message ...

On 24/08/2011 13:37, Mizter T wrote:
I'm guessing you haven't yet had to touch-in/ validate using your ITSO
pass on any other buses elsewhere?

No not yet. Indeed the simplest thing seems to be to always just show
it to the bus driver: always works in my experience. But I don't use a
bus pass all that often, which is why I wondered if anyone else here had
more experience of them.

Actually, it's getting to be the same with rail tickets: such a high
proportion of them don't work barriers that the fastest way through is
just to seek out the manned barrier and get it visually inspected.

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Clive Page