Paul Terry wrote:
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Paul Terry wrote:
I've never seen a good reason why a (pre-purchased) ODTC on Oyster
shouldn't be acceptable to the TOCs (pre-pay is a more complicated
issue, of course).
AIUI, it seems to be because for some reason you can't load one day
travelcards onto Oyster cards, rather than that the TOCs won't accept
one day travelcards on Oyster.
I think the only reason why you can't load a ODTC onto Oyster is because
it would then be expected to work as a ODTC - i.e. be usable on National
Rail.
I don't think there is any technical reason why it couldn't be done -
Ask Oyster implies that it is only a matter of time: "at present only 7
Day and longer period Travelcards are available on Oyster".
There is no technical reason why ODTCs couldn't be loaded onto Oysters.
However, introducing yet another layer of complication into Oyster might
not be a good idea, and it might delay the rollout of PAYG to the TOCs
(if there is no urgent perceived need for PAYG on NR).
The problem is that ODTC is really a different product to PAYG capping,
so if both were possible on Oyster, users would get even more confused
than they already are.
Until PAYG is rolled out to the TOCs, I really think that the
information about Oyster should be improved somehow.
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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London