Question for Londoners on Flist or Lurking

[shadowkat]

Apparently London is attempting to help NYC's MTA :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/23/new-york-london-subway-tube

Question to all the Londoners reading this and on my flist? How successful has the Oyster System been? And do you agree with the praises lauded in this article? Curious minds want to know.

[Poll #1727767]

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Comments

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Thanks - curious to see how it operated outside the usual zones, because London's system is different than NY's in that way.
You more or less pay the same amount for all "subway" related zones, but if you hope on a commuter train - it's a separate and additional cost.

With Oyster they are hoping to combine the commuter rail and subway and buses - so you just need one card. Did they try that in London as well?

[oursin.livejournal.com]

It covers pretty much all London transportation, including the Docklands Light Railway, and I think some commuter river services - buses, underground, and railways.