On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:51:58 +0100, Dave Newt
wrote:

It's a shame the Oyster readers are on the side that will slow things
down. (Do bendies have oyster readers on the other doors? I guess not.)

Not that I've seen - but I really feel it would be worth considering.

They also have similar card readers on Edinburgh's LRT buses now, and
yes, these are also on the driver's ticket machine (and they seem to
take even longer than Oyster to validate)

MK Metro, as I've posted before, have contact smartcards which are
inserted into the ticket machine. Stupidly, despite them all being
unlimited-ride tickets except the under-16 proof cards, a ticket is
still issued[1] and a destination (for statistics) entered - and the
whole process takes longer than taking a cash fare (including giving
change).

[1] One could argue this could be of use for inspections - but I've
not yet seen any evidence that MK Metro employ any travelling ticket
inspectors despite extensive use of their services.

Neil