On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:35:33 +0100, "Tim Roll-Pickering"
wrote:

Scott wrote:

There will then be no need for a One Day Travelcard as the system will
automatically cap the payment at the rate for the One Day Travelcard.

What about people travelling in from outside London? Will provincial
ticket
machines issue Oster?

There is no requirement to live in London to have an Oyster card. They
can be topped up on-line.

That is not terribly convenient for all, especially those on the move.

It's especially convenient for those on the move. They can just wave
a blue card and not bother about anticipating how many journeys they
are going to make and what would be the best fare option.

I don't live in London and I have one. It is worth the loss of
interest on £5 or so (25p per annum?) in return for the convenience of
being able to travel about in London without having to buy a ticket
and knowing that I won't get charged more than a One Day Travelcard.

It's got nothing to do with residency, it's about whether or not the ODTC +
return journey to the zone edge option will still exist. Unless Oyster is
going to be rolled in the provinces then folks out there will still need to
be able to buy this Travelcard option.

You mean to avoid paying for the same small section of the journey
twice. An interesting point that I had not thought of. But will the
discount that applies when an Oyser card is used balance this out?