Train Network To Adopt Oyster Pay-As-You-Go

Train Network To Adopt Oyster Pay-As-You-Go

Commuters will be able to use Oyster cards across the Tube and rail network in London by the end of this year as e-ticketing systems become better joined up, but questions over integration costs still linger.


In 2006, former mayor Ken Livingstone offered £20m to help fund the provision and installation of smartcard readers, station equipment and back-office IT support systems.

"Progress has been made in the last few weeks and prospects now appear good. It seems likely that pay-as-you-go Oyster cards will be accepted on all train services in London towards the end of 2009," said a TfL spokesman.