"Mike Bristow" wrote in message
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In article ,
David Boothroyd wrote:
I've never had any problem with getting an Oyster accepted by conductors
on RM buses before. Anyone know whether the conductor was right?

I'm fairly sure that the conductor was wrong. I have also never seen
anyone
check a record card sufficently well to mean anything.

I've paid for a travelcard which is valid for all buses and I'm damn
well
not going to restrict myself to the ones with Oyster readers. It's TFL's
problem if they can't check my ticket.

I concur.



IIRC the record card only needs to be carried for National Rail journeys
with Oyster travelcards within the zones. (Does anyone know if this was a
sop to the TOCs so they would accept Oystercards?).

However the advise I read for buses was along the lines 'on buses with
on-board crew simply show your Oystercard for the time being', the
assumption being that upgraded personal ticket machines with handheld
scanners were not far off.

I am fairly certain that the conductor was wrong, and the passengers
response should have been 'I am fully entitled to use any bus I choose; tell
your managers to pull their fingers out and supply you with new machines'.

Colin