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Re:Reversing UK mobile rail tickets by Symbiote on Sunday February 05, 2023 @07:32PM (#34671603)
London managed to make the contactless payment almost as fast as the native (Oyster Card) payment.

It is perceivably slower, I'd estimate 0.8 seconds vs 0.5 seconds or something like that.

Close enough that one person trying to use the wrong turnstile would remove any benefit from separating them. Anyway, 60% of passengers use it now.

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Re:Reversing UK mobile rail tickets by tazjin on Monday February 06, 2023 @01:28AM (#34674059)
I remember contactless being okay in London when I lived there, but I'd always switch queues immediately if someone pulled out a phone to pay. Those people frequently need a good five seconds to pay ...
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