Oystercard vending machines
 

Oystercard card vending machines have been installed at several
stations (I have seen them at Liverpool Street and Euston). They are
cash only and sell an oystercard for £3 that then needs credit loading
at a ticket machine.

Oystercard vending machines
 

Matthew wrote:

Oystercard card vending machines have been installed at several
stations (I have seen them at Liverpool Street and Euston). They are
cash only and sell an oystercard for £3 that then needs credit loading
at a ticket machine.

Wow, perfect! Then they are doing just what hundreds of people have
tried to tell TfL to do. Wonderful to see that they are listening. I
also hope there will be some of them installed at some rail stations
outside Greater London, for example at the airports.

But I still find it strange, do you mean that it is not possible to buy
a card with PAYG value or a travelcard on it in one step? In that case
it means you have to pay the deposit even if you are about to load a
travelcard to it, in which case the deposit should not be needed...

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In message . com,
Matthew writes
Oystercard card vending machines have been installed at several
stations (I have seen them at Liverpool Street and Euston). They are
cash only and sell an oystercard for £3 that then needs credit loading
at a ticket machine.
Now *that's* a good step! Perhaps I'm being fussy but it would have
been extra nice to sell them with a sum (eg GBP5 or GBP10) pre-loaded.
But if they're plentiful enough these machines will make my job a little
bit easier at least.
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Oystercard vending machines
 

Matthew wrote:

Oystercard card vending machines have been installed at several
stations (I have seen them at Liverpool Street and Euston). They are
cash only and sell an oystercard for £3 that then needs credit loading
at a ticket machine.

Superb, about time.

Do you know if you can also cash them in for a refund of the 3 quid? I
hope so. If so I don't think it would be unreasonable to do away with
paper singles and returns completely.

Neil

Oystercard vending machines
 

On 4 Jan 2007 18:15:45 -0800, "Neil Williams" wrote:

Matthew wrote:

Oystercard card vending machines have been installed at several
stations (I have seen them at Liverpool Street and Euston). They are
cash only and sell an oystercard for £3 that then needs credit loading
at a ticket machine.

Superb, about time.

Do you know if you can also cash them in for a refund of the 3 quid? I
hope so. If so I don't think it would be unreasonable to do away with
paper singles and returns completely.

Neil

There is also one at Victoria, just outside the gates to enter the
District/Circle Line platforms.
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Oystercard vending machines
 

have
been extra nice to sell them with a sum (eg GBP5 or GBP10) pre-loaded.

I think that would make the machines more of a theft target.

Oystercard vending machines
 

Christian Hansen wrote:
On 4 Jan 2007 18:15:45 -0800, "Neil Williams" wrote:

Matthew wrote:

Oystercard card vending machines have been installed at several
stations (I have seen them at Liverpool Street and Euston). They are
cash only and sell an oystercard for £3 that then needs credit loading
at a ticket machine.
Superb, about time.

Do you know if you can also cash them in for a refund of the 3 quid? I
hope so. If so I don't think it would be unreasonable to do away with
paper singles and returns completely.

Neil

There is also one at Victoria, just outside the gates to enter the
District/Circle Line platforms.

When did these appear? I was moaning about this only a couple of weeks
ago (although I'm sure my moan had absolutely nothing to do with it!). I
hope they install them at Heathrow - I passed through T123 last week but
didn't notice them there (I was tired so I might not have been
particularly observant!).

Dave

Oystercard vending machines
 

On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:21:37 +0000, Dave A wrote:

Christian Hansen wrote:
On 4 Jan 2007 18:15:45 -0800, "Neil Williams" wrote:

Matthew wrote:

Oystercard card vending machines have been installed at several
stations (I have seen them at Liverpool Street and Euston). They are
cash only and sell an oystercard for £3 that then needs credit loading
at a ticket machine.
Superb, about time.

Do you know if you can also cash them in for a refund of the 3 quid? I
hope so. If so I don't think it would be unreasonable to do away with
paper singles and returns completely.

Neil

There is also one at Victoria, just outside the gates to enter the
District/Circle Line platforms.

When did these appear? I was moaning about this only a couple of weeks
ago (although I'm sure my moan had absolutely nothing to do with it!). I
hope they install them at Heathrow - I passed through T123 last week but
didn't notice them there (I was tired so I might not have been
particularly observant!).

Dave

I think the one at Victoria appeared since Last September, and possibly as
late as December.
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