The Anonymous Widower

Ticketing In London Takes Another Big Step

Over the last month,since London’s buses went cashless, the silence has been deafening about this issue and I haven’t found any news reports about problems or complaints.

So it was no surprise to see that from September 16th the Underground, Overground and DLR will accept contactless bank cards.

There are still a few small steps to take, like bringing all of other rail companies into the system.  Once this is done, you could say turn up at Gatwick Airport touch your contactless bank card on the reader and then again, when you get to Victoria, to get into Central London. Obviously, you can do that from September 16th at Heathrow or City Airports, as they are in the Transport for London area.

One of the things also to be introduced is a weekly cap. So will this mean that if you put a weekly ticket on Oyster, you won’t need to any more.

July 25, 2014 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Contactless Ticketing, London Underground, Oyster Card