On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:36:05 +0100, Scott
wrote:

There are winners and losers in every change. Fares are set to
produce an intended level of revenue. Any zonal system distributes
the cost fairly crudely between users. There is no reason why Oyster
card should result in higher fares overall. It is just a matter of
setting the level of fares to produce the required revenue.

[...]

So I say as soon as National Rail services in the London area are
equipped with Oyster then Oyser card should become the only form of
One Day Travelcard. Bring it on.

I would add "within London" to that... There is *no* reason at all
why "out-boundary" (from outside zone 6) paper One Day Travelcards
should not continue to exist - the same is true for
weekly/monthly/etc. - even if Oyster becomes the only way to get an
equivalent product within the zones.

Surely what we are discussing here is a sensible change TfL are making
to their own retailing arrangements, even if misunderstood by some
agents, and nothing to do with the train companies and what happens on
National Rail.

Richard.