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Roland Perry · August 27th 10, 10:53 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 17:15:40
on Thu, 26 Aug 2010, remarked:
I've got several cards for the NY subway (now expired), most of a
Paris 10-ticket carnet, and unusually nothing on a Brussels prepaid
card. Plus a "second" Oyster card with quite a bit of credit I
think (I live outside London and that card gets used maybe three
times a year on average). And Amsterdam seems to be going
electronic to such an extent I may need to get a prepaid card for
there sooner rather than later.

You should be alright with the Paris carnet tickets. I've just used 2 of
the 4 left from my last visit here - in 1999. They are plain bluish green
card, quite unlike the current issue but the mag strip is obviously enough
the same to operate the gates at Gare du Nord.

Yep, I don't think the Paris or Brussels tickets expire, but it means
having to keep a little collection of tickets (to go with my growing
collection of local 3G SIMMs). It's like going back to the old days when
one needed a collection of telephone plugs for using with a modem, and
many different currencies in what's now Euro-land.
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Roland Perry