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Roland Perry · October 14th 14, 05:54 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 10:56:26
on Tue, 14 Oct 2014, remarked:
There was speculation that Oyster on National Rail launched on the 16th
might have co-incided with the new TSGN franchise starting on the 14th.

Well I can see why there might have been a desire to "celebrate"
something positive at the same time even though it is really a
Southern Railway launch and they're not within TSGN just yet. Clearly,
though, the work SR have done will be a help to the wider TSGN
aspirations to extend ITSO and Oyster. I'm assuming the wider Govia
ownership of the companies will ensure the knowledge is shared.

I just wish that Govia would aspire to more useful ticketing like m-tickets
(that FCC had) and print at home which Cross Country offer. Will the ITSO
card offer more than seasons and Oyster functionality within London?

The opposite; when people have introduced ITSO they first offer just
point-to-point walk-up fares, and seasons later, Travelcard much later.

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Roland Perry