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    Keygo interaction with standard ITSO when BoJ

    Chargeback is the same for credit and debit cards, being part of the scheme rules (so Visa, Mastercard and AmEx are slightly different). The protection of Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act on credit card purchases over £100 is like Legal Tender in that it's only actually applicable in court...
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    TFW introduces Pay As You Go in South East Wales

    It's a feature of Transit Mode that allows the merchant to link a PAN to the DPANs generated from it. What Chase is doing is issuing a completely separate virtual card and printing that PAN instead of the one on the chip and magstripe, which breaking the linking since it's more like the two...
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    Your favourite bus/coach livery, past or present.

    There's something to be said about the simplicity of the two tone green of the old John Fishwick & Sons
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    NR TVMs with Oyster capability

    That's just a sleeper specific help point.
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    ScotRail to introduce £10 minimum fare for those not buying before boarding

    The "proper" way would be for the Scottish Parliament to pass Penalty Fares regulations
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Alpha decay of radium exciting a phosphor. Insignificant exposure to the user from an intact product, but lethal if you ingest it during manufacture/repair.
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    Getting a CCST ticket instead of PRT ticket for Rover?

    I remember some TVMs using it as well, although don't know if any of those are still in service
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    Lumo creates fares that are impossible to sell

    Not surprisingly by doing some test bookings, it appears that whichever one FirstGroup use isn't applying that all allow them to be sold.
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    Trivia: Through stations with platforms numbered in 'reverse' order.

    Preston, main entrance on to platforms 3/4, side entrances to the disused platform 7.
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Most businesses that issue cheque have them as tear off slips on A4 so they can go through a normal printer, and don't have to mess around with a separate cover letter
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    Northern Explorer - new ticket?

    It's updated to make it the main banner on the homepage
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    Nottingham NET - can't pay by phone due to another metro app

    Not an app, it's looking for a physical Robin Hood PAYG card. You don't get the problem on many other systems since they only use ITSO for concessionary passes ad day/season tickets
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    Blackpool Trams News

    The ORR have served an Improvement Notice over failing to failing to manage bogie wear. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpk6r9djeo
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    Trivia: tickets that can *ONLY* be CCST

    Wasn't the reason for bike reservations being paper only because some TOCs required them being attached to the bike
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    People obtaining railway keys and breaking into cabs

    So the same system that airline cockpits use.
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    Taxis well off their usual patch

    Those are "based there" mostly just on paper, only have to physically be there for the inspection on licence application/renewal
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    Taxis well off their usual patch

    It's a legal requirement for PHV vehicle, driver, and operator licenses to be from the same council. So the Uber drivers have to be based where the offices are.
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    [NL] OV-Pas roll out

    With it being an account based system I would guess the photo will be stored in the database, same as with applying concessionary rate to a debit card
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    [NL] OV-Pas roll out

    That'll be because it's still valid, you need to wait until after the expiry date to skip that step.
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    Adequate waiting room at Manchester Victoria

    The gateline can't be that bad of a problem, if it was we would see more people bypassing it by running over the tracks between P1 and the tram platforms.

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