Sure, 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

Sure, 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