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Old December 2nd 12, 11:24 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:51:34 -0600,
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In article ,
(John Ray) wrote:

On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:57:10 -0600, wrote:

National old people's bus passes outside London are issued on ITSO smart
cards which can't be read on London buses.

My London Freedom Pass can be read on Arriva buses in Liverpool. How
does this work?

Perhaps it has both Oyster and ITSO functionality. I thought that was the
London plan when the national bus pass scheme was rolled out.

That explains it - my Freedom Pass has an "ITSO" logo on it.

I have noticed that it seems to take a couple of seconds for my pass
to be recognised by the Arriva bus card reader, whereas on London
buses it is virtually instantaneous. Possibly there is a compatibility
issue?

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