Paul wrote in uk.transport.london on Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:38:02 +0100
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Mizter T wrote:
TfL would love the Oyster Pre Pay system to go London-wide and be
rolled out across the whole National Rail network in the capital.

Not an unreasonable aspiration; as the original project pre-dated any
of the TOCs becoming privately-run franchises it does seem a bit
unfair to criticise TfL for what seem to be the TOCs foot-dragging,
not having a medium/long-term view, or wanting to re-invent circular
objects.

I have a sneaking suspicion that TFLs long term aim is to get rid of
travelcards altogether and move everyone on to pre-pay oysters (with the
daily cap thing still applying).

I'd be very surprised indeed if this was their aim, apart from
anything else there would be quite a hefty decrease in cashflow as a
result. I suspect there would also be a substantial workload in
unresolved journey queries.

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