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Steve typed:
This has happend to me twice this week and 4 times to a friend within
the last 6 days.
When paying by PAYG Oyster Card on a bus, the bus then terminates it's
journey short of the short of the stop indicated on the front of the
bus, in my case, I took a number 4 from Goswell Road to Waterloo, it
said Waterloo on the front, but it terminated at Ludgate Circus and
everyone was ordered off and onto the number 4 bus that was at the
stop in front. I was then told that I had to swipe my Oyster on the
reader again. I have now paid £2 for the journey that I should have
only paid £1 for. Today when getting onto the second bus and this time
knowing that I
was going to have to pay, I swiped my Oyster only to be told that I
now had isufficent credit, I offered to pay and was told that it was
within the yellow area where they are not allwoed to accept cash
payment.
This is one hell of a f**king scam as far as I can see. Why should the
passenger be forced to be out of pocket just because the bus decides
to stop early. I understand that occasioanlly a vehicle is taken out
of service for whatever reason, but in the past the driver would
usually wait until an alternative came and we couuld board that
without making a further purchase, now we are penalised.

If Ken wants to **** off Londoners any more then he's going the right
way about it. And while I'm on the matter, he's really gonna **** off
the tourists next year when they have to pay £3 for a tube journey
cos they don't know about Oysters!

When a journey is terminated early, the driver is supposed to give any
passengers who need it a signed print out of his machine showing that fares
for the journey have already been paid.




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Lawrence Myers
Fax No 08719892164