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Theo Markettos · January 31st 10, 08:19 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.transport,uk.railway

In uk.transport.london wrote:
I wonder if TfL will eventually get rid of the magnetic strip tickets in
favour of disposable SmartCards for single journeys or infrequent trips?

Cost of a basic smartcard is somewhere in the region of $1-$5. That's not
going to be cost effective unless it becomes feasible to make them out of
organic or polycrystalline semiconductors (cheap, but the density and
performance is nowhere near yet). Then they could be printed on paper
again, or plastic.

Theo