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[email protected] · July 15th 14, 01:32 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
03:10:13 on Tue, 15 Jul 2014, remarked:
So I'm all set, already
having Southern ITSO card, assuming they press on with their current
project.

"Nine London Terminal stations: London Waterloo, London Blackfriars,
Vauxhall, London Bridge, London Victoria, Waterloo East, Charing
Cross, Cannon Street and City Thameslink will accept the key from
Spring 2014, followed by the rest of the Southern Network and London
Underground and buses in Summer 2014."

Is it summer yet?

Autumn next year then!

The ITSO on Underground is already late - it was originally supposed
to be 2013[1].

Talking of which, it's gone very quiet on the "Contactless" rollout
on the tube.

[1] From "ITSO news" May 2013:

Summer {that's summer 2103 -ed} will see 21 gated stations within
London start to accept some Southern rail tickets on the key card.
These include Victoria, London Bridge, Purley, Peckham Rye and
Sutton. The rest of this year will see more and more key services
being rolled out ... December is the target date for the
Underground, and London_s ungated and overground rail stations, to
be geared up to accept the key...

I joked about using my Bus Pass on the 11 bus yesterday. Driver nodded me
through. No record of the journey at all either time. I thought I'd try out
some of the nice NB4Ls between Liverpool St station and Parliament Street.

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Colin Rosenstiel