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Full list of 50 London commuter town stations where passengers can use contactless from December 14
The Department for Transport will enable contactless ticketing at 50 stations in southeast England, backed by £18.7 million funding to simplify fares and reduce fines.
- From next month, the Department for Transport will introduce pay-as-you-go contactless to 50 National Rail stations across South East England, including Essex airport's railway station, effective December 14.
- Backed by £18.7 million in funding, the Department for Transport said this upgrade expands tap-in tap-out technology and aims to simplify fares through Great British Railways while cutting queues and paper tickets.
- Rail minister Lord Peter Hendy said `Rail ticketing is far too complicated and long overdue an upgrade to bring it into the 21st century`, while c2c recorded more than one million contactless journeys earlier this year.
- Passengers will gain daily and weekly caps, and a ticketing rule that produced fines will be axed next month, welcomed by London TravelWatch.
- Oyster cards will remain invalid at Stansted Airport Station, Cambridge–Stansted journeys stay excluded, and Greater Anglia, recently nationalised, has regularly deployed ticket inspectors in recent years.
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TRAVELLERS passing through these major travel hubs in the UK will soon have an easier experience using the rail services: the UK government is committed to making the rail services from London to the Stansted and Southend airports more user-friendly, with a new contactless card system to tap in and out rather than having to buy individual tickets. The move, which marks the first time a contactless… Source
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