Oyster extended, Olympics awaited

摘要

A significant development in the interim Greater Anglia franchise is the commitment to extend Oyster pay as you go ticketing beyond the Greater London boundary to Shen-field and Hertford East. New franchisee Abellio will also introduce mobile phone and print-at-home ticketing facilities. Extending acceptance of TfL's Oyster smartcard is significant, as in previous replacement franchises electronic ticketing commitments have been written around DfT's own 1TS0 specification. While work continues to make Oyster readers compatible with lTSO-com-pliant cards, such as those being introduced by SWT and Southern, extension of Oyster to Shenfield and Hertford East marks a further success for TfL.