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On May 24, 3:24*pm, bob wrote:

Yes, lots. *Much of London suburbia is served by driver only trains in
PF areas. *Such areas also often suffer from ticket machine vandalism
and irregular ticket office opening times.


A situation which is crying out for a handy, credit-card sized object
that you can purchase in many locations and use as a ticket.

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On 24/05/2012 15:30, ian batten wrote:
On May 24, 3:24 pm, wrote:

Yes, lots. Much of London suburbia is served by driver only trains in
PF areas. Such areas also often suffer from ticket machine vandalism
and irregular ticket office opening times.


A situation which is crying out for a handy, credit-card sized object
that you can purchase in many locations and use as a ticket.


It'll never catch on.


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On May 24, 3:24 pm, bob wrote:

Yes, lots. Much of London suburbia is served by driver only trains in
PF areas. Such areas also often suffer from ticket machine vandalism
and irregular ticket office opening times.


A situation which is crying out for a handy, credit-card sized object
that you can purchase in many locations and use as a ticket.


Arguably the London suburbs extend outside the zones (and outside Greater
London).

Peter

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On May 24, 4:56*pm, "Peter Masson" wrote:

Arguably the London suburbs extend outside the zones (and outside Greater
London).


And the set of people making journeys on heavy rail outside Greater
London who are under 11 and do not hold a season ticket for commuting
to school is how large?

ian
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