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FWIW as of June 2012 43M+ Oyster cards have been issued (which now cost £5 each although they previously used to cost £3) with over 80% of all public transport
by itsprofitbaron 14y ago
FWIW as of June 2012 43M+ Oyster cards have been issued (which now cost £5 each although they previously used to cost £3) with over 80% of all public transport journeys in London (London Underground, Bus etc) being made through the card.
Considering this is a service for London that number is pretty incredible.
Statistics: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/24243.aspx http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/242...
- Kudos 14y agoI use an NFC card to get on the trains and trams in Dublin, I remember scanning it with my old Galaxy Nexus.
- iloveponies 14y agoSure, and I use my Oyster card most days. But years ago TfL tried using NFC - a trial with the Nokia 6131. Ultimately it was rejected as it was too slow at the gates, a genuine concern in stations that see tens to hundreds of thousands move through it at peak times. Even now they still dismiss it as slow, as El Reg points out, despite the fact they don't appear to have actually redone any testing to confirm this. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/01/nfc_tube/print.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/01/nfc_tube/print.html