alistairlees
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It's really all very simple.
For through tickets (those that are cross-London and carry the "Maltese Cross" symbol), either:
- enable some gates at the gatelines of tube stations at London Terminals with eTicket readers. Don't both with aany tube stations or buses etc. etc.; or
- reduce the price of these tickets (when they are fulfilled to eTicket) by the equivalent of the contactless fare (so £2.40 / £4.80 depending on if it's a single or return journey) and give them a new route code ("Not valid on London Underground or DLR" or something similar), then people can make their own way (tube, bike, walk, taxi as they prefer) between the two London Tetminal stations. In some cases, where it's easy to walk, it will actually make things cheaper.
For zonal tickets, like Travelcards:
- make them only available on smartcard
This way:
- no need for any CCST tickets in London, a fortune can be saved on gateline equipment not needing to be maintained / renewed
- eTickets can be used for cross-London journeys
For through tickets (those that are cross-London and carry the "Maltese Cross" symbol), either:
- enable some gates at the gatelines of tube stations at London Terminals with eTicket readers. Don't both with aany tube stations or buses etc. etc.; or
- reduce the price of these tickets (when they are fulfilled to eTicket) by the equivalent of the contactless fare (so £2.40 / £4.80 depending on if it's a single or return journey) and give them a new route code ("Not valid on London Underground or DLR" or something similar), then people can make their own way (tube, bike, walk, taxi as they prefer) between the two London Tetminal stations. In some cases, where it's easy to walk, it will actually make things cheaper.
For zonal tickets, like Travelcards:
- make them only available on smartcard
This way:
- no need for any CCST tickets in London, a fortune can be saved on gateline equipment not needing to be maintained / renewed
- eTickets can be used for cross-London journeys
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