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Old October 4th 05, 03:39 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 16:12 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

Geoff Pope, Liberal Democrat London Assembly Transport spokesman,
said it would also hit those who cannot use Oyster cards because the
majority of train companies running services to and from the capital
still refuse to accept the card.

Absolutely! No Oyster in Cambridge or Putney.

But the fare increases won't affect journeys from those stations.

While it's a fair point that the train companies ought to start
accepting pre-pay, Mr Pope has ended up looking a bit clueless IMO.
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