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April 9th 12, 07:50 AM
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LT museum - can't pay with Oyster
In message , at 23:04:26 on
Sun, 8 Apr 2012, Paul Corfield remarked: Took a relative to the LT museum in covent garden on the w/e. They looked a bit bemused when I asked why couldn't I pay using my Oyster card. Given TfL seem to want to promote Oyster as electronic cash wouldn't this be a logical place to start? They could even have proper station gates at the entrance to let oyster holders through so they don't have to queue and make the gates part of the exhibits at the same time. An opportunity missed I think. Except that your museum ticket entitles you to free re-entry to the museum for a year. Oyster doesn't have that capability. There's a cheaper day-rate (£8), although it's only for groups. I think the main issue is that the Oyster card is *not* e-money, which would have to be regulated by the FSA. There was an inconclusive discussion here (or another newsgroup) recently why the LT Museum would be taking e-money from the card (which I'm postulating is not allowed), whereas National Rail are taking "fares" (which does seem to be allowed). -- Roland Perry |
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April 9th 12, 08:02 AM
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LT museum - can't pay with Oyster
I think the main issue is that the Oyster card is *not* e-money, which
would have to be regulated by the FSA. Plus perhaps competition issues. After all, the LT Museum is a charity separate from TfL. So if the museum was allowed to use Oyster cards as e-money then why not the Tower of London? Covent Garden Market traders? or the Big Issue seller outside the tube station? (IIRC legislation was needed to allow cooperation between operators to create the system as that wd otherwise have breached competition law.) -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
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April 9th 12, 09:55 AM
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LT museum - can't pay with Oyster
On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 09:02:33 +0100
"Robin" wrote: Plus perhaps competition issues. After all, the LT Museum is a charity separate from TfL. When did that happen? I thought it was owned by LT then TfL. B2003 |
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April 9th 12, 11:59 AM
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LT museum - can't pay with Oyster
Plus perhaps competition issues. After all, the LT Museum is a
charity separate from TfL. When did that happen? I thought it was owned by LT then TfL. Yes and no. The museum was set up as a separate charitable company and assets transferred in , I think, 2008*. But the company is wholly owned by TfL's trading company. *checks on the wotsit: seems so from eg http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...tructuring.pdf -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
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