Rob _rjayjaycox_at_nildram_dot_co_dot_uk_nodot wrote in message . ..
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:50:08 -0000, "Colin"
wrote:

snipped, with apologies

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.

This sounds correct to me. I have it on good authority, for instance,
that passengers with Oyster at NR stations without readers have been
told to show 'extreme discretion' during the teething period.

Rob

According to oyster helpline NR staff have been told that if the
oyster cannot be read it is to be accepted unconditionally as being
valid. I suppose this is more or less the same as extreme discretion
in practice.
HTH Phil