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  1. mattdickinson

    Pumpkin Sheffield closed

    Pret do have franchises in petrol stations.
  2. mattdickinson

    What’s the Cheapest Way of Getting Out of Heathrow To Hayes & Harlington by train?

    Those bus stops have been closed for years due to a weak roadway at the entrance.
  3. mattdickinson

    What is this ticket?

    £55.10 is the new single fare, as LNER are removing most of their return tickets from the 11th June. A return journey will be £110.20 as against £105.90 currently.
  4. mattdickinson

    Luton Airport DART ticketing discussion

    KeyGo is accepted, and ITSO singles and returns are available from the Thameslink TVMs at Parkway and inside the airport terminal.
  5. mattdickinson

    GW Mainline tickets for Freedom Card holder

    It's a 2 hour video. At which point is this mentioned?
  6. mattdickinson

    Verifying details of singles and returns loaded onto an ITSO card

    London Underground TVMs show what has been loaded onto ITSO cards
  7. mattdickinson

    TfL to scrap paper tickets

    I did say "most" not "all"....
  8. mattdickinson

    TfL to scrap paper tickets

    The extension of contactless acceptance should eventually cover most of the out-boundary One Day Travelcards.
  9. mattdickinson

    TfL to scrap paper tickets

    TfL have wanted to decommission the magnetic card reader on gates for a long time. After they have stopped issuing their own tickets, and at least some gates on each gateline were fitted with barcode readers, they would be able to stop accepting National Rail magnetic tickets.
  10. mattdickinson

    TfL to scrap paper tickets

    It's in the first slide shown, under '2023'.
  11. mattdickinson

    TfL to scrap paper tickets

    TfL are to scrap paper tickets by 2024, according to a MyLondon report. It's unclear whether its magnetic tickets that will stop being issued, with barcoded tickets issued instead, or paper tickets entirely abolished and the remaining tickets replaced by app based products. It also states that...
  12. mattdickinson

    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    I believe the eventual plan for intercity journeys is that a contactless credit or debit card would be linked to a pre-booked journey and optionally a seat reservation, so that the card would replace the need for e-tickets or paper tickets. This is model 3 in the link...
  13. mattdickinson

    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    The Thames Valley branches haven't been added. I could envisage that map shrinking to cover the numbered zones and the lines to Reading and Shenfield only.
  14. mattdickinson

    Key Smartcard and ticket acceptance on TfL

    I think these ticket types are for tickets loaded onto the Key, rather than specifically for KeyGo.
  15. mattdickinson

    Key Smartcard and ticket acceptance on TfL

    The problem is that a card from issuer A holding a product from issuer B being used on a service from issuer C is a customer service nightmare.
  16. mattdickinson

    Key Smartcard and ticket acceptance on TfL

    KeyGo (and SWR's Tap2Go) are implementations of the industry solution (ITSO TYP24)
  17. mattdickinson

    Project Oval: TfL win DfT contract to expand contactless system to 233 rail stations by May 2024, Railcards coming to contactless payment cards

    The solution in the UK so far is different gatelines for express platform, such as Paddington platforms 6 & 7, and Victoriia platforms 13&14

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