Bus passengers with insufficient pay as you go Oyster credit will be allowed to travel and pay later from this Sunday.
5,000 Londoners join contactless Tube fare trial
Transport for London says passenger trials of contactless fares on the Tube, DLR and London Overground are now underway. Around 5,000 Londoners are now using the cards on the Tube, DLR and London Overground, with TfL monitoring use and assessing feedback.
TfL confirms cash bus fares will be scrapped this Summer
Cash fares are to be axed from the capital’s bus network this Summer meaning passengers will need a Travelcard, Oystercard or new contactless debit or credit card to travel.
TfL hails “successful” launch of contactless fares despite 116m fewer journeys than predicted
Transport for London has hailed the roll-out of contactless payment for bus fares a ‘success’ despite missing its own journey number predictions. Although “more than 6.5 million” bus journeys have been paid for using a contactless credit or debit card in the past 12 months, TfL had originally predicted 122m in the first full year […]
Wave & Pay: TfL denies own claim that it agreed to go lightly on fare-dodgers
Two weeks ago the Transport for London Surface Transport Panel – a sub committee of the TfL board – received a paper on the subject of fare evasion. As I reported at the time, the paper included the news that: “In agreement with the card issuers, TfL has been pursuing a “light touch” enforcement regime […]
