On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:44:46 +0000, Kat
wrote:

In message , Nicholas F
Hodder writes
The Evening Standard are today reporting a bug with the Oyster card, but
they don't say what the bug is. Can anyone shed any light on this?

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...ing%20Standard


Of course, I don't know for certain that this is what the esteemed
Evening Standard is talking about but the majority of the problems I've
seen are due to people now realising that they're supposed to pay for
all the zones they've travelled in and are now getting hammered for
extensions across Zone 1

I assume you're suggesting that abuse of the system (ie travelling
from East London to West London with only a zone 2 and/or 3 ticket)
was widespread prior to Oyster?

This would explain the frequent tunnel ticket checks I used to
encounter at Green Park when changing from Victoria to Piccadilly.


Cheers,

Jason.