"John Rowland" wrote in message ...
"Kat" wrote in message
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"John Rowland" wrote in message
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I was amazed that daily tickets on Oyster would be
introduced last (if at all) - haven't LU realised that the
ticket tout problem will disappear
overnight when the ODTCs go on Oyster?

But you haven't asked yourself who cause the most
problems; long queues of impatient people waiting
to buy/renew tickets or a few ticket touts?

Good to see that you view your customers as more of a problem than
criminals. You're obviously fitting into LU very well.

Large numbers of people in small ticket halls is an obvious problem
because overcrowding causes all sorts of accidents.
Large numbers of people can suddenly emerge from buses and rush down
onto crowded staircases and I am always reminded of what happened at
Bethnal Green.

Of course we can always phone NCC and allow them to pay at destination
(as many will demand) but that only passes the problem on the the Zone
1 stations and the passengers will still have to queue to get out.

Kat