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Old October 21st 05, 07:39 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
David Hansen David Hansen is offline
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Default Can I buy an Oyster reader?

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 01:40:15 +0100 someone who may be Barry Salter
wrote this:-

I'd further suggest that she was given the option of paying the £20
Penalty Fare, declined to do so, failed to pay within 21 days, and
*that* is why TfL are taking her to Court.


Er, why should someone pay a "penalty" fare if they have already
paid the fare by a card gizmo?

As with cash machines there seems to be an assumption, which the
operators are not keen to correct, that machines always work.


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