Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Gatwick is a London airport
Why no contactless/Oyster card payment outside London?
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But it's not in London.
ska invita
back on the other side
then how come you can go there with an oyster card?
bi0boy
Power User
It's the same everywhere. I had a massive nightmare trying to get a ticket to Narita airport from the machines at Tokyo. They have competing services and you have to buy the right ticket and the right supplemental ticket to allow you to use the correct express.
Because it's been made a special case, and special arrangements have been made for it to be accepted. Gatwick is waaay outside of London.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
But it's understandable to think that one might be able to use one's Oyster card to get there or from there (esp from there if you're all tired and confuzzled from your flight/holiday
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it's like that at Gatwick, cos you have two train companies to get you to Victoria. I've been burnt by that.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it's still a London airport, so easy enough mistake to make
ska invita
back on the other side
Why wasnt Edinburgh made a special case? Loads of Londoners seem to love going up there
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
it's not a London airport and is in a different country over 300 miles away.
Technically it's only one company, but that's a whole different story.
Hmmm...Oyster card to Edinburgh? Maybe you ought to take it up with the Scottish Parliament?
ska invita
back on the other side
mauvais
on reddit or something
Manchester is supposed to have one, aka 'Noyster', but somebody (ATOS?) fucked up the project and now we don't.
You can buy tickets on your phone though, or with contactless at the machines, it's not that bad. Just no retrospectively calculated fares.
Then again it turns out London is only just getting round to integrated bus/tram/train/tube fares, so it's not like Oyster is perfect.
You can buy tickets on your phone though, or with contactless at the machines, it's not that bad. Just no retrospectively calculated fares.
Then again it turns out London is only just getting round to integrated bus/tram/train/tube fares, so it's not like Oyster is perfect.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Leeds has the worst public transport system of anywhere I've ever lived. Fucking abysmal and super expensive.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
the biggest city in Europe without a mass transit system. The narrow roads are gridlocked at rush hour. It is quicker to walk two miles home than get the bus if you go through Woodhouse/Headingley.
People get in their cars just to drive a mile or two when most of them could walk.
The roads are in a terrible state cos it would be so disruptive to repair them.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
I read that as Narnia Airport. My world is now greyer.
mauvais
on reddit or something
That's the wildcard option in the great Heathrow vs Gatwick decision. Aslan says it'll open new trade opportunities but Mr. Tumnus is kicking up all sorts of NIMBY fuss.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
I read that as Narnia too. Must be something to do with having bungle on a thread.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
stagecoach, first and arriva are all gouging bastards.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Yeah, but you can read the writing on the machines at Gatwick!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Jet lag makes me stupid
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
First has been making noises about bringing-in a similar scheme up here for the last couple of years and have been trialing the system via a PAYG app but TBH, public transport is nowhere near as joined-up as in London, and I don't know how it works with the Stagecoach routes. so its unlikely to be anywhere near as comprehensive as Oyster, or offer any advantage over a traditional season ticket.
Other than that, the idea is a good one but needs somewhere with enough overall control of the various arms of the PT system to be able to knock them into line under a single payment system. Edinburgh/Lothians or the considerable area of the SPT (Strathclyde area) are the only two I can think-of in Scotland with the size and political clout to be potentially able to do this.
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
what do you mean? it'd only cost £7.10 as that's the maximum daily spend!You would never get enough money on an Oyster card to be able to afford the fare to Edinburgh
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Also made worse by the two main bus companies (First and Arriva) having come to an agreement not to compete, with First doing the west & north of the city and Arriva the south and east. They got bollocked by the competition authority for this and one of them (the one who didn't grass the other up) paid a big fine, but the routes are still pretty much split as they were before. Shit if, like me, you lived in the west of the city and worked out east so would potentially need two day tickets from each operator (First did cover the whole of my route but few buses on the eastern part). First also tend to buy out any small local competitors that appear, as happened with Black Prince who started competing with them, particularly on the university route, offering cheaper fares in shabby second hand buses.
Theyve mostly fucked up the cycle 'superhighway' too, because they didn't want to cause any inconvenience to cars. Hopeless.
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
I've just found out (got round to getting a quote today)
£150 for a new key, this means a trip to a VW dealer with my log book, photo ID and payment. Then a two week wait for the key to be delivered, then bring the car to the dealer and have the new key and my existing spare coded (this will kill the lost key for security). That's another £62.50 plus VAT.
Better news; I lost my Oyster card yesterday afternoon and had to ask to be released from the tube system at Hounslow West. I reported it right away and the new card with my remaining credit was delivered this morning. I'm well impressed. Yay TfL.
