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January 15th 07, 11:29 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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So much for the Oyster Revolution in London

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Not every Londoner as a underground near them so they use a Overground
which don't take Oyster card pay as you go so we don't save on the cost
of one-day travel with a Oyster card pay as you go,we have to use Cash
fares.
So much for the Oyster Revolution in London

It was worse though with the paper system because you could not buy a
one-day travelcard at a bus-stop so you had to go to a newsagent.

Now we happen to live right near 2 bus stops but neither of them have
travel agents right outside so if we wanted to get a one-day travelcard
or one-day bus-pass it meant walking to a newsagent a distance away or
even driving to one to start the journey.

At least with Oyster you can start your journey on the bus and just
wait until capping occurs.

Plus with a paper travelcard you had to know in advance if it was worth
getting, whereas with Oyster pre-pay, if your plans change and you
don't reach the cap, you don't pay for what you don't use.

Of course the OP's issue was with National Rail which is a problem at
the moment but you can buy one-day paper travelcards at such stations
anyway so Oyster hasn't made it any worse really. It would be useful if
you could buy one-day travelcards for Oyster online or even with some
kind of mobile-phone service.

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