"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 13:12:49 on Sun, 7 Aug 2016,
tim... remarked:
A registered-card only system is going to disenfranchise too large a
set of people (even if they do try to do this on London buses)

Contactless largely undid that.

Not for under 18s and foreigners, it didn't. Especially in groups
when only one between four has a card (which can only be used for one)

And they are the set most likely to be disenfranchised by a
registration system

That was why I said "largely" of course. Registration is not necessary
to
use contactless which is why it is available to many if not most
foreigners.

Many foreign countries don't have a credit card culture, at least not on a
one per family member basis

not all foreign banks offer contactless

That's just something that travellers have to cope with, like getting the
relevant foreign currency. You can easily get contactless pre-paid cards
from third parties.

But why would anyone want a pre-payment card, especially if you can't get a
refund

The transport network of South Sweden run an oyster-like card (it is also
developed/managed by Cubic), which offers 20% discount on cash fares

But it is only fundable with 200Kr (so 20 quid) at a time - no refunds.

20% saving on 10 pounds of fares is pointless if you have to write off 10
pounds left on the card.

(I can't remember if multiple users can share).

tim