On 6 May, 17:53, alex_t wrote:
If its not by spite then what is the purpose exactly? Faster boarding
times hardly apply to the tube - you don't pay on the train!

Yes, in this case you have faster entry times at stations, as swiping
Oyster is much faster then using paper tickets.

For the small amount of people who'd still buy a paper ticket thats an
irrelevance. And people who don't know how to use an Oyster card still
stand in front of the gate thoroughly confused anyway just as they do
with a paper ticket.

B2003