Tag: oyster card
Contactless payments arrive on London Underground
London buses now accept NFC contactless payments
London buses have been upgraded to accept contactless fare payments from NFC-enabled smartphones and credit cards as of today, alongside regular cash and Oyster Card fares. All 8,500 of London's buses will have the new systems introduced today, though the…
Oyster card may face chop as Tube plans credit card ticket system
(Guest post from Shiny Shiny) The Oyster card was a small revolution in ticket payments when it was launched less than a decade ago, but it seems it may soon become obsolete. Transport for London has confirmed that by the…
The end of the line of Oyster cards – all change, please
Poor old Oyster looks set to have its name ripped from our mini-wallets and cast back into the sandy estuaries from which it came with Tfl announcing that they’re looking for a new London transport ticketing system…
Mystery glitch wipes tens of thousands of Oyster cards
London transport narrowly avoided a descent into CHAOS this weekend after many widely used public transport smart cards, know as Oyster cards, were corrupted when swiped at ticket gates. Anyone who used their Oyster card between 0530 and 0930 last Saturday is thought to have been affected.