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Old August 11th 03, 03:06 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Bart Bart is offline
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Default Oyster Card - how's it work?

Does anyone have any idea when South West Trains at Waterloo will be
able to start issuing season tickets on Oystercard?

Regards,
Bart


On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 19:45:18 +0000 (UTC), "Neil"
wrote:

"Nes" wrote in message
...

So, you get the Oyster Card. Do you use your existing photo card with it,

or
do you have to get a new one?


You use your existing Photocard; the website asks you for your Photocard
number when you order your Oyster card.

I've seen people touch their cards on the readers at tubs stations and on
the buses... How do you show it to a conductor? Will he have a card reader
on his ticket machine or something?

Come to think of it, what about if a Revenue Protection team boards the

bus?
How do they check the card?


Supposedly everyone who ever needs to read your card will eventually have a
handheld reader, although I haven't seen one yet. If they can't check your
card then they'll have to take your word for it that it's valid, as it's
hardly your fault that they can't read a ticket their own company has
issued!




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