If you could buy train tickets at tube
stations things would be much better. Basically the whole tube system
is a blot on the UK public transport network. Having all these
stations refusing to issue through tickets to the rest of the rail
network seems amazingly old-fashioned.

Francis

Having got myself tied up in knots earlier on, I've now ordered an
Oyster card so we'll have to see what happens.

I think the thing is that Oyster seems to be a step forward
technologically but a step backward (to the days before Travelcards)
in terms of how the PAYG side works. It should work in my favour-
I'll save time at Kings Cross on the way down, and it saves me having
to have cash for ticket machines every morning, and as I plan to have
a trip on the East London Line I'll certainly get some use out of it.
But there must be plenty of overseas tourists who find themselves
bemused that they can't buy a ticket at the underground station next
to their hotel to take them to, say, Windsor, but they could buy a day
travelcard at Windsor which would cover the whole of London.

On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:03:14 -0800, Ianigsy wrote:

If you could buy train tickets at tube
stations things would be much better. Basically the whole tube system
is a blot on the UK public transport network. Having all these
stations refusing to issue through tickets to the rest of the rail
network seems amazingly old-fashioned.

I think the thing is that Oyster seems to be a step forward
technologically but a step backward (to the days before Travelcards)
in terms of how the PAYG side works. It should work in my favour-
I'll save time at Kings Cross on the way down, and it saves me having
to have cash for ticket machines every morning, and as I plan to have
a trip on the East London Line I'll certainly get some use out of it.
But there must be plenty of overseas tourists who find themselves
bemused that they can't buy a ticket at the underground station next
to their hotel to take them to, say, Windsor, but they could buy a day
travelcard at Windsor which would cover the whole of London.

You can buy a ticket to Windsor at any LU station.

Ianigsy wrote in news:1194386594.889613.260210
@o3g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:

snip
I think the thing is that Oyster seems to be a step forward
technologically but a step backward (to the days before Travelcards)
in terms of how the PAYG side works.
snip

I sometimes think that maybe the appropriate regulatory body should have
said, "You can only introduce this when *all* trains in London can accept
them - and if that means no Oyster till 2010, Ken, then tough I'm afraid."

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Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.