>> The Tokyo subway does include a
>> collection of lines owned by seperate private companies though, and it's only recently that each
>> operators cards have worked seamlessly across other lines...
>>
My father worked for the railways all his life, and had a free pass that worked on all UK railways and associated undertakings.
My own, as a dependant, aroused admiration and envy among my school friends when I produced it on a Caledonian-McBrane steamship.
There was no electronic stuff of course. The purser just read the wording and had to assume it was legitimate.
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