"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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On 30 May 2007 13:19:22 -0700, Mr Thant
wrote:

If the ticket inspector stops you on the journey back they may get
suspicious about what you're playing at, although it's not clear if
they're likely to do anything about it.

Would they? ISTR that the Oyster-checking devices used by DLR can
only give a red or green light and don't have any other sort of
display. That being the case, all they can determine is that you've
touched in validly.

(It's notable that the Dutch Strippenkaart specifically allows return
journeys completed within an hour (in practice up to 1h15) from
stamping. Perhaps it would be easier for Oyster to allow it as so few
people are likely to take advantage?)

When Nottingham buses stopped running cross-city routes some years ago, and
terminated all buses in the city centre, they introduced a (then) £1 through
fare, allowing you to get on a second bus without paying again within an
hour of starting the first journey. This was so as not to significantly
disadvantage people making a cross city journey. However, it was still very
useful for those small number of occasions when one just needed to pop into
the city centre very quickly for something, and then return on the same
ticket.

Michael



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