Every so often the #OysterCard you can use across the country comes up again. This time it’s alongside simplifying fare structures by doing away with discounted return fares.

Truth is that we’ve had the technology to do a countrywide #OysterCard scheme for years - there are smart card readers on the remotest Scottish railway stations, and everyone uses the #ITSO standard for transport smart cards, but the competing transport companies resist interoperability.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/05/return-train-tickets-expected-to-be-scrapped-in-uk-rail-shake-up