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Oyster Card - how's it work?
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... So, you get the Oyster Card. Do you use your existing photo card with it, or do you have to get a new one? You use your existing Photocard; the website asks you for your Photocard number when you order your Oyster card. I've seen people touch their cards on the readers at tubs stations and on the buses... How do you show it to a conductor? Will he have a card reader on his ticket machine or something? Come to think of it, what about if a Revenue Protection team boards the bus? How do they check the card? Supposedly everyone who ever needs to read your card will eventually have a handheld reader, although I haven't seen one yet. If they can't check your card then they'll have to take your word for it that it's valid, as it's hardly your fault that they can't read a ticket their own company has issued! |
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Oyster Card - how's it work?
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Neil wrote: Supposedly everyone who ever needs to read your card will eventually have a handheld reader, although I haven't seen one yet. If they can't check your card then they'll have to take your word for it that it's valid, as it's hardly your fault that they can't read a ticket their own company has issued! I /think/ I've seen one on the GOBLIN. Or at least, it was a guard with a new ticket machine (blue, rather than gray). I didn't notice an oyster reader on it, but I was about half a carriage away. |
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Oyster Card - how's it work?
Does anyone have any idea when South West Trains at Waterloo will be
able to start issuing season tickets on Oystercard? Regards, Bart On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 19:45:18 +0000 (UTC), "Neil" wrote: "Nes" wrote in message ... So, you get the Oyster Card. Do you use your existing photo card with it, or do you have to get a new one? You use your existing Photocard; the website asks you for your Photocard number when you order your Oyster card. I've seen people touch their cards on the readers at tubs stations and on the buses... How do you show it to a conductor? Will he have a card reader on his ticket machine or something? Come to think of it, what about if a Revenue Protection team boards the bus? How do they check the card? Supposedly everyone who ever needs to read your card will eventually have a handheld reader, although I haven't seen one yet. If they can't check your card then they'll have to take your word for it that it's valid, as it's hardly your fault that they can't read a ticket their own company has issued! Travel photography is not just about documenting what you see while travelling. Pictures can capture the sense of adventure while in your own city or another country. Visit Travel-mania and share your travel and "Room With a View" photos at http://www.travel-mania.net/gallery |
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Oyster Card - how's it work?
Bart writes
Does anyone have any idea when South West Trains at Waterloo will be able to start issuing season tickets on Oystercard? Not for a long, long time. At present, you can only buy monthly and annual cards from the website. Once this part of the 'public trial' is complete, they will be adding weeklies, stored-value and LU stations/pass agents. I reckon NR stations will be the last to offer Oyster (if at all). -- Dave |
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Oyster Card - how's it work?
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:37:12 +0100, Dave
wrote: Bart writes Does anyone have any idea when South West Trains at Waterloo will be able to start issuing season tickets on Oystercard? Not for a long, long time. How long is that :-) At present, you can only buy monthly and annual cards from the website. Once this part of the 'public trial' is complete, they will be adding weeklies, stored-value and LU stations/pass agents. This is due later this year, isn't it? I reckon NR stations will be the last to offer Oyster (if at all). Apparantly some already have the necessary equipment e.g. Richmond |
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K writes
I reckon NR stations will be the last to offer Oyster (if at all). Apparantly some already have the necessary equipment e.g. Richmond Which also just happens to be the terminus of an LU line... -- Dave |
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K wrote:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:37:12 +0100, Dave wrote: At present, you can only buy monthly and annual cards from the website. Once this part of the 'public trial' is complete, they will be adding weeklies, stored-value and LU stations/pass agents. This is due later this year, isn't it? According to the TfL page in the Metro, the stored-value Oyster will be added in 2004. |
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Oyster Card - how's it work?
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:21:44 +0100, James Farrar
wrote: K wrote: On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:37:12 +0100, Dave wrote: At present, you can only buy monthly and annual cards from the website. Once this part of the 'public trial' is complete, they will be adding weeklies, stored-value and LU stations/pass agents. This is due later this year, isn't it? According to the TfL page in the Metro, the stored-value Oyster will be added in 2004. We aren't talking about SV cards, though, or are we ?!?? I thought we were talking about travelcard types being available elsewhere? |
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Oyster Card - how's it work?
K writes
At present, you can only buy monthly and annual cards from the website. Once this part of the 'public trial' is complete, they will be adding weeklies, stored-value and LU stations/pass agents. This is due later this year, isn't it? According to the TfL page in the Metro, the stored-value Oyster will be added in 2004. We aren't talking about SV cards, though, or are we ?!?? I thought we were talking about travelcard types being available elsewhere? Clearly both. -- Dave |
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Oyster Card - how's it work?
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:37:12 +0100, Dave
wrote: Bart writes Does anyone have any idea when South West Trains at Waterloo will be able to start issuing season tickets on Oystercard? Not for a long, long time. At present, you can only buy monthly and annual cards from the website. Once this part of the 'public trial' is complete, they will be adding weeklies, stored-value and LU stations/pass agents. I reckon NR stations will be the last to offer Oyster (if at all). And what happens if you have a yearly ticket -- the Gold Card, although I don't know if it's still called that -- and want to get discounts at mainline stations? R |
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