On Sat, 10 Jan 2004, Bob Adams wrote:

Which does not answer my original question which was :
Will somebody please explain to me how an Oyster card is an improvement
over a travel card _from a regular commuter passengers point of view_ ?

Do you realise that there are two kinds of oyster, travelcard and pre-pay
[1]? The thread had talked about pre-pay oyster; you're comparing them to
paper travelcards. A fair comparison would be between pre-pay oyster and
paper singles (in which case oyster is a huge win - cheaper and much more
convenient) or oyster and paper travelcards (in which case oyster is a
small win - it's easier to swipe; if it works, that is).

tom

[1] Well, two ways of using an oyster; the best way to think about an
oyster is as an electronic ticket wallet, in which you can keep either a
normal travelcard or a magic supply of singles (ie pre-pay), or both.

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This should be on ox.boring, shouldn't it?