On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:06:45 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 20:32:09 on
Wed, 14 Mar 2012, Richard remarked:

I have traveled on railway systems all across Europe using smart
cards and none compare to the sheer complexity and complication
to the Oyster card in London.

And none that I have used yet allow the flexibility of not buying your
ticket up-front. Some would, but have a flat fare on and across all
modes that we'll never have here.

Amsterdam has zones and a card very like Oyster.

Operationally I think that should read "had" zones. They're still
faintly there on maps but no longer used for ticketing. A "basis
tariff" plus per km set by each transport organisation. Same MIFARE
classic card as Oyster of course.

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