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Oyster readers on buses
Does anyone know what information is displayed on a bus driver's
ticket machine when an Oystercard is read? Does it display the ticket type loaded on the card? Is a specific reason displayed if the card is rejected? I am asking as my Oyster Travelcard was (apparently) rejected on the bus today, despite it working fine for the last two weeks. I did not know anything was wrong until the driver called me up after everyone had boarded and asked me to touch the card on the reader again. The red light came on, but wouldn't that happen anyway since I had already touched it and I assume the system is programmed not to accept cards which already have been read on that bus within a certain time (much like the underground ticket gates)?. Hence I am a bit confused as to what was actually wrong. I don't know if the green light came on when I first touched it as I wasn't looking out for it. Having since checked my Oyster card usage on the touch-screen ticket machine at the tube station, it correctly showed my card registered on the bus that I boarded. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Nicholas |
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Oyster readers on buses
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:32:21 +0100, Nicholas
wrote: Does anyone know what information is displayed on a bus driver's ticket machine when an Oystercard is read? Does it display the ticket type loaded on the card? Is a specific reason displayed if the card is rejected? There can be a range of reasons why a card would be rejected including card reader error, mis swiping of the card, fraud, card failure etc. I am asking as my Oyster Travelcard was (apparently) rejected on the bus today, despite it working fine for the last two weeks. I did not know anything was wrong until the driver called me up after everyone had boarded and asked me to touch the card on the reader again. The red light came on, but wouldn't that happen anyway since I had already touched it and I assume the system is programmed not to accept cards which already have been read on that bus within a certain time (much like the underground ticket gates)?. I have a staff card and I've had all sorts of card problems on buses. The units were very unreliable but performance is much better now. Just yesterday I had a problem with an Arriva bus. I just showed my card to the driver. I think the most likely problem is a card or bus ticket machine error as you say the card was correctly updated. If the card had been updated correctly the first time then it is possible that the card would be rejected a second time - the details would still display to the driver coupled with a reason for rejection. I don't know for certain what checks are programmed in for bus checking purposes. -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground! |
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Oyster readers on buses
I have a staff card and I've had all sorts of card problems on buses. The units were very unreliable but performance is much better now. Just yesterday I had a problem with an Arriva bus. I just showed my card to the driver. I think the most likely problem is a card or bus ticket machine error as you say the card was correctly updated. If the card had been updated correctly the first time then it is possible that the card would be rejected a second time - the details would still display to the driver coupled with a reason for rejection. I don't know for certain what checks are programmed in for bus checking purposes. I have had 1 penny of PrePay deducted from my Z2 Oyster Travelcard on buses three times. |
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Oyster readers on buses
Some of the bus ticket machines (Wayfarers?) display the ticket type (ie
Adult Bus Pass Z1-4 for my card) an dthe expiry date. Not sure why the driver asked you to re-read the card again, as of course it'll reject the second read as a "passback attempt", which is what happened to me recently. I touched the card against the reader and it beeped, but the yellow light didn't change. I tried again and got the double beep and the light turned red. The driver then tried to charge me a cash fare, which I wasn't having. He then gave me a error slip with "passback attempt" the reason for the ticket rejection, so it read the first time, but the light didn't go green as usual. Nes. -- To reply directly to me, please remove all the spam-deflecting X's! Either that, or simply reply to the group! -- "Nicholas" wrote in message ... Does anyone know what information is displayed on a bus driver's ticket machine when an Oystercard is read? Does it display the ticket type loaded on the card? Is a specific reason displayed if the card is rejected? I am asking as my Oyster Travelcard was (apparently) rejected on the bus today, despite it working fine for the last two weeks. I did not know anything was wrong until the driver called me up after everyone had boarded and asked me to touch the card on the reader again. The red light came on, but wouldn't that happen anyway since I had already touched it and I assume the system is programmed not to accept cards which already have been read on that bus within a certain time (much like the underground ticket gates)?. Hence I am a bit confused as to what was actually wrong. I don't know if the green light came on when I first touched it as I wasn't looking out for it. Having since checked my Oyster card usage on the touch-screen ticket machine at the tube station, it correctly showed my card registered on the bus that I boarded. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Nicholas |
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