On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:45:27 +0000, Paul Corfield wrote:

But it hasn't made life *any worse* for people living in the areas
where it isn't accepted.

It has in areas where it is only *partially* accepted. *Areas where
Oyster is hard to get hold of have had their cash bus fares approximately
doubled.

Luckily, there are no such areas also served by London buses (go to
newsagent - "can you put gbp10 on this please mate" - "yes").

There isn't an agent at Passingford Bridge or Stapleford Abbots as
served by route 375.

There isn't an agent at Dorking as served by route 465.

I was slightly surprised to see that there is an agent at Leatherhead,
one in Brentwood (route 498) and several in Epsom (467. 406. 418. 293)
and even a couple in Redhill (route 405).

There are also few (any?) areas served by night buses that have ticket
stops open at night.