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03:12:46 on Thu, 17 Jan 2008, Matthew Dickinson
remarked:
They won't be introducing Oyster outside Greater London. Their
commitment is to introduce ITSO, which is unlikely to include a PAYG
type product. (ITSO seems likely to be able to hold seasons, carnets
and 'stored journey rights')

I'm waiting to see what degree of interoperability there is between the
ITSO cards introduced by different ToCs. Could I reasonably expect to
have a "SWT" branded ITSO card and use it to pick up [1] a ticket at
Kings Cross for a forthcoming trip between Birmingham and Derby on
Arriva XC.

And if not, where and with whose card might I expect to.

Putting pure technology issues aside, I note that there are currently
restrictions on Oyster about doing various administrative things only at
pre-nominated stations.

[1] Either at a "NXEC or "FCC" standard validator or at a dedicated
kiosk.

[2] I believe that both NXEC and Arriva XC (and EMT) have e-ticketing as
franchise commitments.
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Roland Perry