Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
It is just me or are half of the Oyster Card readers on buses faulty? Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... |
Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
It's just you
"Gordon Joly" wrote in message ... It is just me or are half of the Oyster Card readers on buses faulty? Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... |
Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
"Gordon Joly" wrote in message ... It is just me or are half of the Oyster Card readers on buses faulty? Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... No - it's just you. Maybe you are meeting the same bus again & again. From my experience it's about 1 in 15. Colin |
Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
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Colin wrote: "Gordon Joly" wrote in message ... It is just me or are half of the Oyster Card readers on buses faulty? Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... No - it's just you. Maybe you are meeting the same bus again & again. From my experience it's about 1 in 15. Colin In a sample space of 2 buses today (both 277) one working reader and one "faulty" reader. Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... |
Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
Maybe it's the Lynx effect!
"Gordon Joly" wrote in message ... In article , Colin wrote: "Gordon Joly" wrote in message ... It is just me or are half of the Oyster Card readers on buses faulty? Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... No - it's just you. Maybe you are meeting the same bus again & again. From my experience it's about 1 in 15. Colin In a sample space of 2 buses today (both 277) one working reader and one "faulty" reader. Gordo -- This is not my sig nature..... gordo AT loop zilla.org....... http://www.loopzilla.org/..... |
Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
Ishmael Sayle III wrote:
Maybe it's the Lynx effect! Ah yes, oyster fragrance Lynx - our cat loves it :-) -- Phil ,,,^.".^,,, --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.557 / Virus Database: 349 - Release Date: 30/12/2003 |
Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
In article , Gordon Joly wrote:
It is just me or are half of the Oyster Card readers on buses faulty? ALL of the readers on the Armchair-run 209 route from Mortlake to Hammersmith are faulty - every time I attempt to use my perfectly valid Oystercard on the route it beeps in error yet flashes up the message "Oystercards are valid for travel THROUGHOUT this route". Most of the time the driver lets me on but sometimes they flat refuse to as it's technically an error. I rang the helpline today and they say that the error code that is printed out indicates that the reader is still in test mode, whatever that means. It's bloody annoying. On another note, a driver on the 419 route from Hammersmith to Richmond yesterday tried to tell me that all Travelcards were not valid for all bus travel in London, regardless of their zones. I pointed out he was completely wrong, and he let me travel after a small amount of polite argument. But still.. I shouldn't have to endure this kind of hassle every time I want to get home. G. -- | grendel at durge dot org | web technologist | london, uk | "It's people like you what cause unrest" |
Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
In message om,
Grendel writes [...] On another note, a driver on the 419 route from Hammersmith to Richmond yesterday tried to tell me that all Travelcards were not valid for all bus travel in London, regardless of their zones. I pointed out he was completely wrong, and he let me travel after a small amount of polite argument. But still.. I shouldn't have to endure this kind of hassle every time I want to get home. You are quite right, you shouldn't! Travel-cards for any zone combination have been valid on all bus routes (with a few exceptions) since summer 2002 IIRC -- Kat Me, Ambivalent? Well, yes and no. |
Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 17:54:42 +0000, Kat
wrote: In message om, Grendel writes [...] On another note, a driver on the 419 route from Hammersmith to Richmond yesterday tried to tell me that all Travelcards were not valid for all bus travel in London, regardless of their zones. I pointed out he was completely wrong, and he let me travel after a small amount of polite argument. But still.. I shouldn't have to endure this kind of hassle every time I want to get home. You are quite right, you shouldn't! Travel-cards for any zone combination have been valid on all bus routes (with a few exceptions) since summer 2002 IIRC Jan 02. Rob. -- rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk |
Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
In article om,
Grendel writes On another note, a driver on the 419 route from Hammersmith to Richmond yesterday tried to tell me that all Travelcards were not valid for all bus travel in London, regardless of their zones. I pointed out he was completely wrong, and he let me travel after a small amount of polite argument. You should worry. I got chucked off a bus once with a valid Travelcard because "it's got the wrong logo on it". -- Clive D.W. Feather, writing for himself | Home: Tel: +44 20 8495 6138 (work) | Web: http://www.davros.org Fax: +44 870 051 9937 | Work: Written on my laptop; please observe the Reply-To address |
Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 18:36:52 +0000, "Clive D. W. Feather"
wrote: You should worry. I got chucked off a bus once with a valid Travelcard because "it's got the wrong logo on it". I've had to stand and argue with a bus driver on one occasion who was convinced my Travelcard (issued from the Fastticket machine at Milton Keynes Central) wasn't a Travelcard because it wasn't on TfL pink ticket stock. The roundel and the word "TRAVELCARD" printed on the bottom orange bar did not seem enough of a giveaway to start with. Mind you, the situation in London isn't as bad as elsewhere - an any-bus daysaver (Bus Pass equivalent) or bus/train/tram ticket (Travelcard equivalent) can be issued on anything from a normal rail ticket to a two-line, traditional-style bus ticket. Recognising all the possibilities is nigh-on impossible, so I've encountered acceptance problems on many different services. Neil -- Neil Williams is a valid email address, but is sent to /dev/null. Try my first name at the above domain instead if you want to e-mail me. |
Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 17:54:42 +0000, Kat
wrote: In message om, Grendel writes [...] On another note, a driver on the 419 route from Hammersmith to Richmond yesterday tried to tell me that all Travelcards were not valid for all bus travel in London, regardless of their zones. I pointed out he was completely wrong, and he let me travel after a small amount of polite argument. But still.. I shouldn't have to endure this kind of hassle every time I want to get home. You are quite right, you shouldn't! Travel-cards for any zone combination have been valid on all bus routes (with a few exceptions) since summer 2002 IIRC Indeed. You'd have thought that bus drivers should know by now. I have been denied travel by bus drivers twice in the last 6 months despite having a valid Oyster issued Travelcard, and told that I did not have the correct zones. Even the Service Controller I asked at the bus station did not know about the changes. Strangely enough I was travelling for a whole year before that on the same routes and never had a problem with my paper based Youth LT Card. Anyway, there are no bus zones at all anymore, I hope the situation improves. Does anyone know if Bus Passes issued since 4th Jan are still showing Z1234 on the ticket? Does anyone know how exactly are bus drivers trained on accepting tickets/passes? Since there are so many different ticket types out there, are they shown every possible type? How are changes (such as the latest revision) communicated? Nicholas |
Oyster Cards on buses - 50% failure rate?
On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 21:36:37 +0000, Nicholas
wrote: Anyway, there are no bus zones at all anymore, I hope the situation improves. Does anyone know if Bus Passes issued since 4th Jan are still showing Z1234 on the ticket? Yes, they are. I've had difficulties with bus drivers over this in the past and am now rather shy of traveling outside Zone 2 because of it (I have an annual Zone 1-2 Oyster). Someone really needs to get the word out and remove the zone mentality from the bus drivers. -- Chris Hansen | chrishansenhome at btinternet dot com |
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