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Old June 25th 14, 12:10 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default TfL acknowledges contactless technology risk
In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:48:23 -0500, wrote:

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:35:38 +0100, Tony Dragon
wrote:

The Freedom Pass also can clash (error 94 on the reader)

As it is an Oyster card, but just formatted differently, then that's
not a surprise. In due course I would expect other smartcards in ITSO
format will also clash - that depends on the ITSO functionality being
switched on on the TfL network of card reading devices. The TfL card
readers will in due course read Oyster, contactless bank cards and
ITSO spec cards.

Don't they already on buses? Or do national bus concession cards still
have to be handled manually?

I may not be up to date. There was certainly a limited trial of
accepting ITSO spec cards on some bus routes. I have yet to see
anything that confirms that fleet wide reading of ITSO spec
Concessionary Passes from outside London has started. TfL reports
haven't confirmed it nor has the Freedom Pass website - checking the
latter says that non London ENCTS passes must be shown to drivers in
London.

State of the ark again!

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Colin Rosenstiel
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