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MIG · November 25th 08, 07:24 AM posted to uk.transport.london

David of Broadway wrote:
wrote:
In article ,
(Neil Williams) wrote:

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:06:10 -0600,
wrote:

Online top up really is a pain, especially for small amounts.
But it's pretty well the only option if you live in the USA.
Can't you just obtain a card and top it up at Heathrow station?

Once you've got the hang of Oyster, probably. But explaining it to my
brother wasn't trivial and I've not started on my sister-in-law. They
don't really do public transport in Columbus.

Then the whole system is likely confusing. But for those who do do
public transport, manually adding value to a card is found in many more
cities than automatic top-up.

Then there are the (rare) trips not entering the UK through Heathrow.

For which Oyster is useless until arrival in London proper. Except for
arrivals (not direct from the US) into St. Pancras and London City,
where I believe Oyster cards are readily available. (Or are Oysters not
available at DLR stations?)

Oyster isn't available at DLR stations, unless they are also LU
stations (eg Canning Town).