If its not by spite then what is the purpose exactly? Faster boarding
times hardly apply to the tube - you don't pay on the train!

Yes, in this case you have faster entry times at stations, as swiping
Oyster is much faster then using paper tickets.

On 6 May, 17:53, alex_t wrote:
If its not by spite then what is the purpose exactly? Faster boarding
times hardly apply to the tube - you don't pay on the train!

Yes, in this case you have faster entry times at stations, as swiping
Oyster is much faster then using paper tickets.

For the small amount of people who'd still buy a paper ticket thats an
irrelevance. And people who don't know how to use an Oyster card still
stand in front of the gate thoroughly confused anyway just as they do
with a paper ticket.

B2003

On 6 May, 20:15, Boltar wrote:
For the small amount of people who'd still buy a paper ticket

What makes you think the number would still be small if there was
price parity?

U

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Mr Thant wrote:
On 6 May, 20:15, Boltar wrote:
For the small amount of people who'd still buy a paper ticket

What makes you think the number would still be small if there was
price parity?

When the Luas trams were introduced in Dublin a lot more people were
buying daily single tickets than had been expected. This meant things
like emptying the ticket machines was costing more than planned, plus
queues were forming.

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

On May 6, 9:50 pm, Mr Thant
wrote:
On 6 May, 20:15, Boltar wrote:

For the small amount of people who'd still buy a paper ticket

What makes you think the number would still be small if there was
price parity?

Because if you're a regular commuter you're not going to buy a paper
ticket every day, you'll get an Oyster card for the convenience.

B2003