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London's Oystercard Gets New Contract, But Same Suppliers

Posted by timothy on from the captain-amazing-wears-no-glasses dept.

nk497 writes "Over the summer, the London travelcard ticketing system — called Oyster — fell over twice, forcing the transport authority to offer free travel to the six million Londoners using the system. After that, it cut its contract with the supplier of the system, a consortium called TranSys. But now, Transport for London has signed a new contract to replace the TranSys one — with the same two companies that made up the TranSys consortium. Sure, that should fix everything."

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  1. Calling what's-his-name... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    London needs help on their series of tubes.

  2. My My... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    The great ship Titanic certainly does seem to be on a much more even keel since we moved these deck chairs around...

  3. Re:Because... by Emb3rz · · Score: 1, Funny

    those in charge have clouded vision

    some even wear bloody blindfolds

    Their lasik surgery went wrong and now the bleeding won't stop...?<rimshot />

  4. Re:Bank station - obligatory reply by Tired+and+Emotional · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least you weren't relying on Mornington Crescent

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