On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 13:45:19 +0100, Paul Terry
wrote:

They claim no such thing. They claim that Oyster is of no used for
occasional travel to London, since pre-pay is not accepted on most of
the national rail network.

Correct. I also "claim" that it would be possible to modify the
Oyster system by way of "vending" machines, return machines (if a
disposable card is not feasible) and better instruction and
explanation posters in multiple languages in order to remove the need
for paper tickets at all.

Some people appear to be ignoring this, and branding anyone who
doesn't think the *current* Oyster system is ready for this[1]
anti-Oyster. This is clearly not the case.

[1] And because it isn't, feel that a punitive single fare (which is
what it is) is inappropriate.

Neil

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