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Dave Arquati · August 30th 05, 09:47 PM posted to uk.transport.london

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 28 Aug 2005, Dave Arquati wrote:

wrote:

(Benefits that will be much more beneficial when National Rail is
eventually fully incorporated into the Pre Pay system, but that will
only happen when the train companies stop dragging their feet.)

I understand the TOCs are worried about losing money, but there must
be other reasons?

AIUI the delay is not due to equipment installation but more that
zonal fares would need to be rolled out across the TOCs before
introducing Prepay - otherwise the system would become rather
complicated.

Is the worry over compatibility with this other system - ITSO or
whatever - a factor?

Possibly. I would guess that the zonal fare thing is more important at
the moment as Oyster already has a large established user base whereas
the ITSO standard hasn't arrived on NR yet, but if ATOC are trying to
get together an NR smartcard, then it may be a problem.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London