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Old September 22nd 04, 11:25 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default New fares (with ES spin...)


--- "Sir Benjamin Nunn" wrote:


So why the ****ting hell is it still not possible to put one day bus
passes/travelcards on Oyster?

These are surely the most popular, and very often best value tickets for

the
occasional or semi-frequent traveller, but the entire Pre Pay system
excludes them - outside of this notion of 'capping' which was promised
months ago, but which I fear will ne'er be introduced.


Yes. Oyster is currently useless for me. Even if capping is introduced, it
still won't do me much good.

I don't live anywhere near a tube station, so I'd have to pay for a paper NR
return to central London, and then use Oyster on the tube or bus section of
the journey through Z1. Or buy a Travelcard season on Oyster, knowing that
I'll only get full use out of it for one or two days each week!

It'd probably still be cheaper to buy a paper One Day Travelcard, just as I
do now.