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Old January 20th 12, 07:06 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
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Default CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)

On 20/01/2012 07:43, wrote:
On Jan 3, 6:31 pm, Arthur wrote:
On 03/01/2012 11:21, SB wrote:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/201...arliecards-cau...
Line ride from Charles/MGH back to their car in South Boston. They had
more
than $10 on each of their cards, but the station gates failed to open,
displaying an "expired'' message.


Wouldn't it be more appropriate to trap people /inside/ the Boston metro
system...?

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK


Charlie doesn't work that way IIRC - it's only read on entry. To get
out there's an uncontrolled turnstile type thingie



Even if they put the fare up while you are travelling?

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK