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Oyster users charged double for topping up

Monday, August 9, 2010

Some of London’s public transit passengers are being charged double when topping up their contactless Oyster Cards.

According to BBC News, Transport for London (TfL) has received 2,421 complaints this year about double charges, resulting in refunds of nearly £40,000.

TfL has advised Oyster users to check their bank accounts after loading credit onto the cards, but assured BBC News that it is constantly monitoring the system and there is no evidence that the problem is getting bigger.

Turkcell, Turkey’s largest mobile operator, has announced the launch of a SIM-based NFC road toll payment application on the Turkcell T11 smart phone.

Developed in collaboration with Bank Asya, the app allows users to migrate their plastic KGS toll payment cards onto their T11 smart phone to pay for fares when crossing bridges and freeway turnpikes.

West Midlands preps to introduce Oyster-style ticketing

West Midlands is getting set to introduce an Oyster-style bus ticketing system that would enable passengers to easily transfer between services run by different bus operators.

Cubic responds to Clipper card exploits

Cubic Transportation Systems, distributor of the electronic transit Clipper card, has responded to the recent news of a Ph.D. student in IT Security allegedly breaking the encryption in Clipper and similar transit cards.

Oyster program gets rejected in St. Alban, UK

UK train operator, First Capital Connect’s proposal to extend the Oyster Travelcard and Pay As You Go schemes to St. Albans has been shot down by the government’s Department for Transport.

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