"elyob" wrote in
:

SNIP
They now want £5 to buy an England shirt to guarantee entry for the
World Cup. "No-one without a shirt is getting in". Sod that then ...
I'm not paying a pound a match.


Or £1.67 if England don't do as well as some expect.

Or just 71p if England go all the way.

Dave Arquati wrote:

I'm not an expert, but I imagine speed would be a problem. One of the
advantages of Oyster is meant to be the speed at which the reading
process is carried out (which is important for bus boarding - if almost
all passengers board using Oyster, dwell times are noticeably lower). If
the process always had to involve comms with a central computer, I guess
the process would be slower.

Indeed - that's why it's a semi-batch operation even on ticket gates.
Trouble with buses is that that batch operation only takes place once a
day and with constraints imposed by how it's done (with the driver
modules).

Saying that, the new AVL system for buses will add in a whole lot of
comms functionality on board buses, so regular communication to update
the on-vehicle computer will be feasible.

I believe it is under consideration to involve Oyster in this.

Neil

On 15 May 2006 05:16:47 -0700, "John B" wrote:

Phil Clark wrote:

This having to check in at a Tube station is a real pain. You can top
up on line - but again have to check in at a tube station to collect
it. It's particularly a pain for people like me who live outside
London and therefore can't top up at a local newsagent.

How do you enter London, then? If by train, presumably there's a Tube
connection at whichever mainline terminus you arrive into...?

There is, and you're right that I usually use the tube on my oyster
and can collect an auto top-up at a tube ticket gate. However, in
June I'm going to be travelling to and from Kingston for a few days
and will be using buses.