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[email protected] · February 27th 11, 10:58 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(tim....) wrote:

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 14:13:50 on Sun,
27 Feb 2011, tim.... remarked:

Part of the attraction of the scheme is not having to queue up to
buy tickets (and also not needing to know the system well enough,
including speaking English, to be able to decide which tickets to
buy).

So you'd pay twice as much

Where's this "twice as much" come from?

Capped oyster price for an adult: peak/off peak 8.00/6.60. Cash
price for a child travelcard 4.00/3.00.

not to queue up, would you?

Have you seen the queues at St Pancras?

It's not always like that

I don't think I've ever been to Kings Cross St Pancras tube needing to get
a ticket/top up Oyster without queues at similar to that. I always try to
have enough credit on Oyster to escape the place before needing to top up.
Westminster isn't much better either, mainly because not enough windows
are staffed most of the time.

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Colin Rosenstiel