Re: Ticketing in London - a noob asks.

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:31:26 GMT, "Richard J." <rjnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:30:14 +0100, Dave Arquati <me9@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Paul said that you need to put down a £3 deposit when buying this
7-day Travelcard on Oyster, but I'm not sure that's the case - the
following
Ask Oyster answer suggests not:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?D215118AD

I went from what was in the TfL tickets book. I am aware that the £3
charge has been waived for a period of time but the revenue
protection documents I could see at work have vanished from the
Intranet so I am not up to date on this issue. I don't trust a
single thing that is put in "Ask Oyster" as it usually vague to the
point of being useless.

The Fares and Tickets leaflet on the TfL website (dated 1 July 2006)
still says "You will need to pay a deposit of £3 when you first get your
Oyster card if you are only buying a 7 Day season ticket or you wish to
pay as you go", which implies that it's free only if you get a monthly
or longer period season. So Ask Oyster contradicts the F&T leaflet.

My point exactly - I'd go with the leaflet every time.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!
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