"Clive Page" wrote:

On 22/08/2011 11:31, David Cantrell wrote:
Yes, they work. They work by you showing them to the driver or ticket
inspector. You don't need to touch them on the Oyster pads, because
they're yet another of the eleventy squillion special cases that have
piled up around Oyster.

Yes, but the other week I used my non-Oxford bus pass on a bus in Oxford.
The driver motioned to me to touch it on the touch pad, and was very
surprised when it did not work. He then played about with his machine for
a bit and eventually issued me with a zero-cost ticket. But he told me
that nearly all bus passes worked his machine, and not just those issued
in Oxford City itself (this was a park-and-ride bus, mostly used by those
not living in Oxford itself).

So why didn't it work? My Council claims its recently-issued cards are
ITSO-compatible, and has checked my pass and told me that it is in working
order (it is certainly capable of interfering with an Oyster card if it's
nearby when I touch that in/out, which suggests its RFID-works are
working). I'm baffled.

I guess that technology this advanced handled by local council officials
and bus companies is bound to end up a bit of a mess.


I'm guessing you haven't yet had to touch-in/ validate using your ITSO pass
on any other buses elsewhere?