London Banter - View Single Post - TfL acknowledges contactless technology risk

[email protected] · June 27th 14, 11:21 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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

"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 22:15:28 +0100, "
wrote:

Their main experience of CBCs will, of course, be when TfL launches
their facility that will cover the zonal area. It will be
interesting
to see what happens to the relative balance of ticket products and
sales. The London TOCs that were so resistant to Oyster were
perfectly delighted to see their ridership and revenue soar once it
was extended to their services.

Did that really happen? I find it hard to believe that a near
doubling of fares (introduction of Oyster Zonal pricing has removed
the 49% day return discount, without making the one way journey any
cheaper) resulted in increased ridership

Not exactly. It halved the Vauxhall-Putney single fare for me. I was told
this was to stop day returns going up too much.

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Colin Rosenstiel