Saturday, 5 July 2014

London's Buses Go Cashless

From 0430, London's buses went cashless. This means you will no longer be able to pay with cash on any of the 700 routes under Transport for London. As there were many people still paying with cash, Transport for London have been putting the message out across London over the past few weeks. You may have noticed in newspapers, on posters, on social networking sites, on printed tickets and most famously the I-Bus system, as many of you would have heard, the system has been announcing a direct message every thirty minutes, "From 6 July, cash is no longer accepted on buses. Find out other ways too pay at tfl.gov.uk", for those that don't know.

Now that buses have gone cashless, there have been a new set of instructions for drivers and a new set of code for the Oyster card. The 'Vulnerable Person Procedure' will come into place thus allowing drivers to let passengers who they deem vulnerable to travel for free, drivers must issue them an 'Unpaid Fare' ticket. And the 'One More Journey' comes into place for passengers using the Oyster card, it gives you one more journey before you are denied access on the bus. The Wayfarer (Oyster reader) will notify you with a two-tone beep and the driver will also let you know.

Those that use Contactless Payment Cards or Oyster cards will not be affected by this change and will not have anything to worry about.

Have a nice day and stay safe.