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Richard Adamfi wrote:
Neil Williams wrote: I understand the purpose of the exercise is to encourage Oyster use, but IMO this is not the way to do it. So what is the way to do it? How about installing Oyster readers in all London train stations? *Then* TFL can start shoving oysters down people's necks. If you use a travelcard on national rail stick to a paper ticket. With Oyster you pay *more* money. What a con. -- Paul |
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On 4 Oct 2005 14:57:10 -0700, "Paul" wrote:
How about installing Oyster readers in all London train stations? *Then* TFL can start shoving oysters down people's necks. They're there. They work on period tickets. But the train companies don't seem to want to wire them up to the pre-pay system. |
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On 4 Oct 2005 14:57:10 -0700, "Paul" wrote:
How about installing Oyster readers in all London train stations? *Then* TFL can start shoving oysters down people's necks. They already are installed at every station in London that has barriers (except Romford). At stations without barriers, they would serve no purpose anyway (you don't need to touch in/out if you have a Travelcard season). If you use a travelcard on national rail stick to a paper ticket. With Oyster you pay *more* money. What a con. If you buy your Travelcard on Oyster from South West Trains (not sure about other TOCs) they give you the same discount for poor performance that you'd get with their paper version. |
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In article ,
Laurence Payne wrote: For casual use, Oyster pre-pay isn't for you. Until national rail stop resisting the pre-pay system. It does seem unfair that your one-day card will cost a little more on paper than on Oyster. ODTs can be bought at "Ticket Stops" (ie, newsagents) on Oyster these days... can't they? -- Mike Bristow - really a very good driver |
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Mike Bristow wrote:
In article , Laurence Payne wrote: For casual use, Oyster pre-pay isn't for you. Until national rail stop resisting the pre-pay system. It does seem unfair that your one-day card will cost a little more on paper than on Oyster. ODTs can be bought at "Ticket Stops" (ie, newsagents) on Oyster these days... can't they? You can't get an ODT on Oyster. But you can get Oyster Pre-Pay which is capped at the ODT rate or less (for journeys on TfL services). However you have to pay a £3 deposit to get an Oyster card. If they really want to encourage Oyster use, they should waive the deposit, or waive it if at least, say, £10 is loaded on to an Oyster Pre-Pay. -- Richard J. (to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address) |
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"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
... So I have to get an Oyster for what is in fact just two tickets so far this year. And make sure you have it on you whenever you might need it... which in practice means all the time... and sooner or later, you'll end up permanently carrying a different smart card for each city where you might want to ride a bus, and have a 3 pound deposit on all of them. Maybe you should go everywhere by car, at least that way you could carry all the public transport smartcards in the glovebox. I don't have an Oyster. For the small amount that I use public transport these days, it wouldn't make that much sense. I haven't yet run out of the bus savers I bought before the fares went through the roof in January. But TfL are so determined to fine those of us who persist in thinking of our own convenience instead of theirs. Maybe they should abolish 75% of the bus stops while they are at it, since their convenience is so much more important than ours. -- John Rowland - Spamtrapped Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood. That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line - It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes |
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