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David Jackman · June 12th 07, 09:22 PM posted to uk.transport.london

(Neil Williams) wrote in
:

An easier way to solve it would be to make touching in/out mandatory
for all Oyster holders regardless of the type of ticket held, rather
than just for PAYG. I'm surprised, in general, that that approach has
not been taken.

Neil

There would be (at least) two problems with this:

a) On national rail (where pre-pay is not yet valid) Oyster readers are
often provided at (gated) London Termini but not at suburban stations.

b) You may be making a journey beyond the validity of your season ticket
and have bought a paper ticket to cover the extension.

Both create unresolved journeys which are perfectely legitimate (when the
ticket loaded onto Oyster is a travelcard season).

David