Paul G wrote:
In message , David of Broadway
writes
Paul Corfield wrote:
How to confuse absolutely everybody. I've already seen people looking
very confused when they have heard the announcements and read the
posters about the change to pre-pay only rules. Shame no one has made
that distinction in the publicity.

Hmmm. Didn't somebody suggest right here on this newsgroup that,
whatever the rules are, they should apply to everybody, PAYG and
Travelcard alike?

Maybe there was some sense in that suggestion!

PAYG and travelcard rules can't be alike for various technical reasons
(currently including many national rail stations without Oystercard
readers), unless all PAYG users pay the minimum possible fare instead of
the correct fare for their journey (which I suspect isn't really
financially viable).

Sure they can. They can implicitly assume that everybody is honest,
barring any evidence to the contrary. Most Underground travelers
encounter barriers at both ends, so they will be forced to be honest.

That's very much unlike the current system, in which PAYG users are
implicitly assumed to be dishonest while Travelcard users are implicitly
assumed to be honest.

You want to assume dishonesty? Fine. Install Oyster readers on the
trains themselves. If your station doesn't have a reader, you can touch
in or out when you enter or exit the train. Anybody who fails to touch
in and out, regardless of fare type (PAYG or Travelcard), is fined.
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David of Broadway
New York, NY, USA