On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 21:39:52 +0000 (UTC), David Jackman
wrote:

Wasn't the original idea to do this from day one but TfL rather forgot
about National Rail and just how complex the various fare "structures" in
London now are?

Quite possibly. I think a pre-requisite of NR Pre-Pay is a true
Verbundtarif, which even London doesn't have yet.

I will be interested to see what happens in GMPTEland when the
"Readycard" (I think that was what they were calling it) is
introduced, given the complicated mess of bus fares there.

if your journey starts on a bus pre-pay capping is a vast
improvement on the existing system as you no longer need know in advance
when you are going to travel.

Agreed.

I'm not anti-Oyster, incidentally. I'd have one if it made sense for
me to do so; it doesn't as I only ever go to London on outboundary day
Travelcards. I just don't think the approach that has been taken is
an appropriate one, certainly not with a gbp3 Zone 1 single.

Neil

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