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MacCranks embrace ITSO

Exciting news from Scottish heritage railways

Transport Scotland is planning to introduce an integrated ticketing system based on smart card technology.

Quick off the mark, the Heritage Railway Association's Scottish Committee is lobbying hard to be part of the scheme from day one.

Alas, south of the border, the luddites still rule.

Despite a trial with Season Ticket holders on the Windsor-Staines route, SWT "is still in discussion with the Department for Transport to finalise timescales for (Oyster) rollout to other lines on the network".

A mere five and a half years after the cards were first introduced.

Proof is in the pudding

Good news for David Cameron and his commitment to integrated transport.

Conservative Guildford Borough Council has voted to end a free shuttle service linking railway and bus stations with the town's centre.

In a delightful attempt to shift the blame for their lack of vision onto the Disability Taliban, the council claimed that free disabled and elderly travel now made the bus service unnecessary.

Other piss-poor excuses included rising fuel costs.

"It simply doesn't make sense to use public money to continue to subsidise a free service in these circumstances, especially as escalating fuel costs would make the service even more expensive than the present £90,000 a year." said Councillor Jenny Wicks.

Good to see that Dave's troops are listening to what the great man is saying.