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Old January 1st 07, 11:12 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Neil Williams Neil Williams is offline
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Default London TravelWatch criticises cash fare rises in London

Dave Arquati wrote:

Interesting idea. In that vein, I've always thought that automatic
Oyster vending machines at major tourist entry points like Heathrow,
King's Cross, Victoria etc. would be a good idea - visitors could go to
them, stick in a tenner, get an Oyster card with the appropriate amount
of credit on it, and return it to the same machine when finished, their
£3 deposit being returned to them.


Absolutely. With this kind of thing in place I think I'd withdraw all
my objections to the paper penalty, and perhaps even advocate the idea
of going Oyster-only to save cost on maintaining barriers and stuff.
Singapore does, though there are multiple types of card, some only
valid for single journeys with a lower deposit. I'm not sure there
really needs to be, though.

Neil