Oyster Card - how's it work?
 

Hey all,

I was wondering whether to get an Annual Bus Pass usnig an Oyster Card... it
all looks good, but the web site doesn't answer some of my queries and,
rather than waiting a long time for them to respond, I thought I'd ask the
experts first!

So, you get the Oyster Card. Do you use your existing photo card with it, or
do you have to get a new one?

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?

Hmmm, that's it for now, thanks in advance for your help!

Regards,
Nestor.
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Oyster Card - how's it work?
 

"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!

Oyster Card - how's it work?
 

In article ,
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.

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!




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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).

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Dave

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

Oyster Card - how's it work?
 

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...

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Dave

Oyster Card - how's it work?
 

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.

Oyster Card - how's it work?
 

On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 19:45:18 +0000 (UTC), "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!


On two rides so far on Routemasters with an Oyster card (both 19s) the
conductor has just glanced at it quickly. I think they can ask to see
the little printed record card that comes with the Oyster card and
explains its validity.

So far I haven't seen many other people using them, though I noticed
somebody else with an Oyster card get on a W7 in front of me on
Friday. Maybe we early adopters should have some sort of fraternal
greeting when we meet one another?

Martin

Oyster Card - how's it work?
 

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 22:29:19 +0100, Martin Rich
wrote:

On two rides so far on Routemasters with an Oyster card (both 19s) the
conductor has just glanced at it quickly. I think they can ask to see
the little printed record card that comes with the Oyster card and
explains its validity.

That's how it's done in Milton Keynes if the bus isn't equipped with a
reader or it's broken (more often than not, unfortunately) - though to
avoid delays drivers often just wave people through when they produce
a smart card in these situations.

Neil