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January 20th 12, 06:43 AM
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CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
On Jan 3, 6:31*pm, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 03/01/2012 11:21, SB wrote: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/201...arliecards-cau... Line ride from Charles/MGH back to their car in South Boston. They had more than $10 on each of their cards, but the station gates failed to open, displaying an "expired'' message. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to trap people /inside/ the Boston metro system...? -- Arthur Figgis * * * * * * * * Surrey, UK Charlie doesn't work that way IIRC - it's only read on entry. To get out there's an uncontrolled turnstile type thingie |
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January 20th 12, 07:06 AM
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CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
On 20/01/2012 07:43, wrote:
On Jan 3, 6:31 pm, Arthur wrote: On 03/01/2012 11:21, SB wrote: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/201...arliecards-cau... Line ride from Charles/MGH back to their car in South Boston. They had more than $10 on each of their cards, but the station gates failed to open, displaying an "expired'' message. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to trap people /inside/ the Boston metro system...? -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK Charlie doesn't work that way IIRC - it's only read on entry. To get out there's an uncontrolled turnstile type thingie Even if they put the fare up while you are travelling? -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK |
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January 20th 12, 01:34 PM
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CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
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On Jan 3, 6:31 pm, Arthur Figgis wrote: On 03/01/2012 11:21, SB wrote: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/201...arliecards-cau... Line ride from Charles/MGH back to their car in South Boston. They had more than $10 on each of their cards, but the station gates failed to open, displaying an "expired'' message. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to trap people /inside/ the Boston metro system...? Charlie doesn't work that way IIRC - it's only read on entry. To get out there's an uncontrolled turnstile type thingie Oooooohhhhh http://www.mit.edu/~jdreed/t/charlie.html |
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