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In message , at 10:14:17 on Wed, 6
Nov 2013, Walter Briscoe remarked:

The machines which sell oyster cards do not accept notes.

Are these the regular ticket machines, or dedicated Oyster vending
machines?
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"Richard" wrote in message

reading of http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14433.aspx is that this isn't
possible any more.

"Ticket machines: Top up your Oyster card with any amount of credit,
add season tickets or buy paper tickets."

The only previous mention in this group was of machines that sold a ?
preloaded card only, ie not a standard machine.

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On Wed, 6 Nov 2013 10:14:17 +0000
Walter Briscoe wrote:
The machines which sell oyster cards do not accept notes.

Good luck finding one. Perhaps they have them in the central london stations
but not in the burbs.

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In message , at 18:09:31 on Wed, 6 Nov
2013, d remarked:
The machines which sell oyster cards do not accept notes.

Good luck finding one. Perhaps they have them in the central london stations
but not in the burbs.

We seem to spinning our wheels here.

It's been suggested that the "narrow" regular machines issue these cards
(although personally I'm sceptical). I've seen dedicated vending
machines at a very few termini:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oy...ng_machine.jpg

Perhaps those who allege the possibility of buying Oysters at a machine
could be a little more specific about which machines?
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"Walter Briscoe" wrote in message
...
In message of Tue, 5 Nov
2013 23:02:23 in uk.transport.london, Richard
writes
On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:32:12 GMT, d wrote:

The machines are quite happy to dish out a one day paper travelcard. For
now.
Though if you want to buy an oyster card you need to queue for the bloke
in
the ticket office. I wonder if anyone in TfL has noticed the irony?

The last time I bought an Oyster card, I did it from a ticket machine.
It seemed a very useful feature not shared by many other cities. My
reading of http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14433.aspx is that this isn't
possible any more.

Your reading is right. The file is wrong.
You can buy oyster cards with coinage.
You can top up with notes and credit cards

and with coins. I once topped up with 10p when that was all I was short to
make the required journey (though only at a machine at the counter there's a
minimum amout)

The machines which sell oyster cards do not accept notes.
I do not recall if they accept credit cards.


"Ticket machines: Top up your Oyster card with any amount of credit,
add season tickets or buy paper tickets."

So, is it possible?

Yes.
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"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 10:14:17 on Wed, 6 Nov
2013, Walter Briscoe remarked:

The machines which sell oyster cards do not accept notes.

Are these the regular ticket machines, or dedicated Oyster vending
machines?

the last time I saw one it was a dedicated Oyster vending machine

tim

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On 06/11/2013 18:48, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 18:09:31 on Wed, 6 Nov
2013, d remarked:
The machines which sell oyster cards do not accept notes.

Good luck finding one. Perhaps they have them in the central london
stations but not in the burbs.

We seem to spinning our wheels here.

It's been suggested that the "narrow" regular machines issue these cards
(although personally I'm sceptical). I've seen dedicated vending
machines at a very few termini:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oy...ng_machine.jpg

Perhaps those who allege the possibility of buying Oysters at a machine
could be a little more specific about which machines?

Existing TVMs which have been modified:

Photo:
http://www.transportxtra.com/magazines/new_transit/news/?ID=27692

News article:
http://www.transportxtra.com/files/9847-l.jpg

Excerpt:
---quote---
Oyster cards can now be bought from ticket machines at almost every
station on the London Underground network. The machines, fitted with a
new dispensing mechanism , can issue Oysters cards as quickly as paper
tickets, said a Transport for London spokeswoman.

Some 400 Oyster dispensing machines, upgraded by Cubic Transportation
Systems, are in operation across the Tube network, with at least one
machine at every station expect Roding Valley.
---/quote---

TfL press release:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/static/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/20607.html

These have superseded the few coin-only basic vending machines which
were only at a few central London stations and also at Heathrow:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicasaurusrex/428318342/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nipotan/4364105445/

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In message , at 19:44:16 on Wed, 6 Nov 2013,
Mizter T remarked:
Some 400 Oyster dispensing machines, upgraded by Cubic Transportation
Systems, are in operation across the Tube network, with at least one
machine at every station expect Roding Valley.

But no-one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
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On 06/11/2013 20:00, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 19:44:16 on Wed, 6 Nov 2013,
Mizter T remarked:
Some 400 Oyster dispensing machines, upgraded by Cubic Transportation
Systems, are in operation across the Tube network, with at least one
machine at every station expect Roding Valley.

But no-one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

I'm sure a lot of people who have been using Oyster for ages haven't
noticed that some TVMs can now spew out actual Oyster cards (why should
they?). I was a bit surprised that existing Tube TVMs were actually
capable of being modded to provide for this.

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On Wed, 6 Nov 2013 18:48:01 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:
It's been suggested that the "narrow" regular machines issue these
cards
(although personally I'm sceptical).

I have not seen any evidence that they do.

On an aside, it never ceased to amaze me how TfL designed Oyster to
require so much human intervention when paper tickets require near
enough none.

Neil

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