TfL releases a limited edition 20th anniversary Oyster card
Later this month marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the Oyster card on London's transport network, and Transport for London (TfL) has released a limited edition Oyster card to mark the occasion.
A decade of contactless payments on London’s public transport
On this day in 2012, a revolution began when London's buses started accepting contactless payment for fares. A decade later, contactless payments make up over two-thirds of pay as you go fares on London's buses, and over 2.5 billion journeys have been paid for this way.
Minimum Oyster card top-up halved to £10 from £20
The minimum automatic top-up allowed on a pay as you go Oyster card has been halved to £10 from the minimum of £20 that used to apply.
You can donate your unused Oyster credit to children’s charity
It's Rail Aid month, and there's a reminder that if you have an old Oyster card knocking around, you can donate the unused credit to the Railway Children charity, which supports at risk children in India, East Africa and the UK.
No need to buy weekly travelcards from next week
People who currently buy a weekly travelcard will no longer need to do so from next week as TfL is introducing a weekly price-cap on Oyster pay-as-you-go fares for rail and tube travel.
TfL forcing all Oyster card users to reset their passwords
Following reported instances of a number of accounts being accessed maliciously earlier this year, all Oyster and contactless customers are being required to reset their website account passwords.
TfL’s unclickable Oysters
Like many people I get an email from TfL each month letting me know my Oyster card will expire soon and I need to go to their website to renew it. If only it was that simple.
TfL’s Oyster Card stretches into Hertfordshire
Travelling using Pay as you go with Contactless and Oyster arrived at Hertford North, Bayford and Cuffley stations on the Great Northern line this week
Today marks 15 years of Oysters on the London Underground
On the 30th June 2003, London Underground introduced the notion of tapping in and tapping out - the Oyster Card had arrived.
Limited edition Oyster card holders giveaway
On Monday morning, there will be a chance to get a limited-edition Oyster card holder, with the cover designed by the artist, Marc Camille Chaimowicz.
TfL speeds up Oyster Card ticket collection
Following an upgrade that was rolled out yesterday afternoon, you can now top up an Oyster card and collect the credit from any bus, as well as at any Tube or rail station within London.
Faster top-ups on Oyster Cards
Applying a monthly Oyster card this morning, and by the time I had got to work, an email was waiting to let me know my card had been updated.
How to save on your tube commute costs
There is a way, if you can adjust your working patterns, to typically save several hundred quid per year in your cost of commuting to work.
Second anniversary of London’s contactless revolution
Today marks the second anniversary of the latest in a long line of payment revolutions on London's Transport, but this is one that snuck out with an almost overlooked level of publicity.
Le Morte d’Oyster
The oyster card holder has died. Over a decade of service and its time has come to an end. Two halves joined by flexible plastic that were slowly rent asunder by use beyond its design.
Oysters on the Thames
The Thames river bus service, The Thames Clipper – which zooms past my flat on a very regular basis – has announced that it is to start accepting Oyster PrePay cards from November. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/11479.aspx Still to be confirmed is whether…