Thread: CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
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Old March 21st 12, 05:01 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
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Default card numbers, was cards, was E-ZPass, was CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
In message , at 00:08:15 on
Wed, 21 Mar 2012, Charles Ellson remarked:
According to Wonkypaedia, all Solo and Electron transactions
require(d) authorisation :-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_%28debit_card%29

Which, to get back on topic, is why they weren't accepted on trains and
at most railway stations.

What we haven't yet uncovered is what the equivalent mechanism is for
the under-18's VISA Debit cards which have replaced them.
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Roland Perry
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