On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:30 PM, David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 04:34:21PM +0000, Paul Makepeace wrote: > >> The reason it's so expensive is to encourage you to get an Oyster >> card, which you can do anonymously now. It's a 3quid deposit, and >> gives you 1.50 Zone 1 fares, and they auto-convert your day's spending >> into the nearest minimum travel card fare if you take several >> journeys. I don't think there's any advantage to using paper tickets >> any more, at all. > > There is - Oyster pre-pay doesn't work on most trains. And when it
Ah yes, true. > does, it interacts poorly with travelcards. Oh, and you can't get a one > day travelcard on Oyster. I thought that was the point - the fare is automagically capped to the nearest travelcard equiv price? P _______________________________________________ BristolBathPM mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm
