On Jan 11, 1:54*am, "Michael R N Dolbear" wrote:
Mizter T wrote





But no, worry not, this isn't the thin end of the wedge in the sense
of
London's bus services becoming fragmented - ticket acceptance (or
lack
thereof) on commercial services that run into Greater London from the
there-be-dragons territory beyond the boundary is something of an
edge issue
(in both senses of the word) - meanwhile the tendered nature of the
London
Bus network is not under any threat (thankfully!).

Not that it's an

unimportant issue, mind - I'd think that ideally most such services
(local
ones at least, not express coach services) should accept TfL tickets
for
journeys wholly within Greater London.

Which would require them to install Oyster card readers and
particicipate in the ODTC revenue sharing system. Plus would they be
paid nothing for an Oyster card *that had reached its daily cap or a
child photocard ?

Abellio Surrey (services like Guildford-Kingston) have a "Oyster Match"
fare for the segment of route within Zones (and a bit more). You pay in
cash but at the Oyster flat fare rate of 1.40, for eg Kingston to
Dittons Winters Bridge or to Hampton Court.

--
Mike D

Metrobus have introduced what I think is the first TfL bordering smart
card for bus travel

It uses the standard GoAhead branding "the key".

It only holds day and weekly passes at present.

http://www.metrobus.co.uk/tickets/the-key/