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[email protected] August 8th 17 12:00 AM
Oyster and Contactless on NR
 
In article
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r.org, (Recliner) wrote:

wrote:
I thought when the Mayor wanted to extend Oyster to National Rail
route in London ATOC insisted that railcards had to be recognised
and discounts given. So the system to register railcards on Oyster
cards was somewhat haphazardly introduced. For example you couldn't
check railcard registration status at a ticket machine. It was only
when they decided to close all the ticket offices that they had to
make it possible as it now is.

But for people living outside London who aren't regular visitors
contactless became a much better option when introduced unless you
are a railcard holder because, although Oyster cards have to be
registered to get railcard discounts, they have not enabled
railcard discounts against Contactless travel.

So NR passengers can't get their railcard discounts using
contactless. My question is why ATOC put up with this? It seems to
go completely against their agreement to allow Oyster to NR routes.

Does ATOC even exist any more? Wasn't it replaced by the RDG?

Absorbed into it but the key thing will be the Rail Settlement Plan anyway.

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Colin Rosenstiel


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