On 13/01/2013 17:07, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 16:53:49 on Sun, 13
Jan 2013, Phil Cook remarked:
Someone remind me about the fare system on london buses again...

The flat fare on buses is only there to make sure Oyster validation on
entry works.

That's rather strange, because the flat fare on buses predates oyster.

Then perhaps it's a reason not to use Oyster as a way to introduce zonal
fares on buses.

However, I recall a story about a nun who fell asleep on a bus and
missed her stop being PF'd as a result of being over-carried. If there
were flat fares then (1999), how did that happen?

Ah, possible memory failure, there was a two stage fare system. Outer
and zone 1. Outer zone fares were 70p and fares including zone 1 were
£1. The change to a single flat fare coincided with the introduction of
Oyster in 2004.
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Phil Cook