Buses not accepting cash

[the-e-dealer]

so someone already on the bus cant pay for someone getting in.

[BrandNewGuy]

With contactless they can.

[StraferJack]

is ted being deliberately obtuse today? he's almost like a bot

[the-e-dealer]

I just need to be sure my son wont get stuck at a bus stop if he loses his oyster zip card.

[StraferJack]

I just need to be sure my son wont get stuck at a bus stop if he loses/spends his cash

[the-e-dealer]

the whole point of this flipping thread is you cant use cash do catch up sj!

[StraferJack]

whooosh! I simply adjusted your argument to cash to show how it equally applied "in t'olden days"

the whole point of the thread is "how does someone get home if they have lost the item that gets them on a bus"

YOU are choosing to be tricksy with the newer methods

[*Bob*]

Cards, cash, gold, cows, shells, yams.

What's the diff? If you haven't got any, you're skint.

[the-e-dealer]

I lost my cow down the back of the sofa.

[DulwichVillageLady]

I can't remember the last time I caught the bus.

[northlondoner]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Cards, cash, gold, cows, shells, yams.

>

> What's the diff? If you haven't got any, you're

> skint.

Quite so. But you know when you have run out of money.But you can't tell when the accursed Oyster has run out of e-cash.

[Bluerevolution]

Everytime you tap an Oyster reader-it tells you ! As for contactless debit cards I haven't one

[Lynne]

So, if I understand all this, it's illegal to lend your Oyster card to grandchildren/visitors etc?

And you can't use legal tender ( cash - no-one ever has change for a cow and I've run out of calves)

I'd like to see this all challenged in the courts

[brownowl]

I doubt you are the ony one against this in principle.

[Bic Basher]

Oyster Cards can be shared if they only have PAYG on them.

If the card has a discount photocard or railcard added, or a season pass, then they can't be shared.

[BrandNewGuy]

Contactless on the tube from September 16th:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28479906

[JohnL]

When you pay by debit card and the inspector gets on - I assume the debit card chip now has additional technology to flash the inspectors tester green.

[Loz]

Nope - the ticket system on the bus prints out a list of the last 4 digits plus expiry date of all cards processed. The inspector will check your card against that list.

[JohnL]

Thanks - first time I did it I waited for a receipt and stood there confused :)

Loz Wrote:

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> Nope - the ticket system on the bus prints out a

> list of the last 4 digits plus expiry date of all

> cards processed. The inspector will check your

> card against that list.

[Bic Basher]

Contactless will be accepted on TfL rail services (London Overground, Tube, DLR and Tramlink) from September 16th.

Apparently it should also be accepted on National Rail services (Southern/Southeastern) but can't find confirmation of this.

[antantant]

I've always thought it a complete tfl con that buses don't contribute to the daily oyster cap. It looks like this is changing for Sept 16 which is good

[Loz]

For Oystercards they do antantant and have done for quite a while. There are two different caps, though - one for all transport and one for buses only.

[antantant]

You're right, I'm a muppet. For some reason I've always thought they weren't.

Loz Wrote:

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> For Oystercards they do antantant and have done

> for quite a while. There are two different caps,

> though - one for all transport and one for buses

> only.

[StraferJack]

A muppet of a man ... (Sorry. Pavlovian reaction every time I see the m word these days)

[Nigello]

Regards the two caps: if I reach a bus cap then add a Tube journey or two, does the daily "all public transport" cap kick in, or does the bus cap get "undone" ready for other journeys that might take it up to the former cap I mentioned. (It could just be that I am misunderstanding the system.)