On Jun 30, 7:10*pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
"John Salmon" wrote in message

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"Scott" wrote
Steve Fitzgerald wrote:

I actually guess there will always be a need for the ODTC if only to
appease the ATOC in ticket issuing.

Maybe or maybe not. *Depends on what the agreement says and what the
revenue sharing arrangements are. *I understand it will be part of
each new franchise to participate in Oyster.

Is that just the franchises that have stations within the Travelcard
zones?

SWT were one of if not the first to be required to introduce 'Smartcard'
ticketing throughout their franchise, this is supposed to be ITSO
compatible, and also Oyster compatible within the London zonal fare area.

That isn't as straightforward as just being required to introduce Oyster
PAYG, though apparently that is exactly what they are doing, at least within
the zones.


And is it not the case that Oyster is being (/to be) made ITSO
compatible (see Informed Sources passim in Modern Railways). If and
when this happens and ITSO has been rolled out to all franchises then
the out of zone one day Travelcard should be available on these
smartcards. Of course, this assumes that the ITSO system can cope with
doing it.