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DfT maps out an interoperable smartcard future for travel

26 April 2006
2.7m daily journeys are now made using an Oyster card
2.7m daily journeys are now made using an Oyster card

 

Smartcards have the potential to help improve people's experience of public transport by facilitating through-ticketing and 'seamless' journeys, the audience at the Smart Moving 2005 conference held in conjunction with Traffex at the NEC last week were told by the DfT's Catharine Parton. But there's a problem. "Within the UK there are successful schemes, in London and elsewhere, that were developed in advance of national standards," Parton said. "This limits the potential...

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