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Old May 6th 08, 09:12 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Arthur Figgis Arthur Figgis is offline
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Default Boris - remove this absurd Oyster vs cash cost disparity

Mr Thant wrote:
On 6 May, 20:15, Boltar wrote:
For the small amount of people who'd still buy a paper ticket


What makes you think the number would still be small if there was
price parity?


When the Luas trams were introduced in Dublin a lot more people were
buying daily single tickets than had been expected. This meant things
like emptying the ticket machines was costing more than planned, plus
queues were forming.

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