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Oyster card readers on ticket barriers at Canary Wharf railway station, London. Transport for London introduced fare capping for Oyster card users in 2005. Fare capping enables public transport passengers to pay the lowest possible fare for their trips over a period of time. Passengers pay a single-ride fare for each trip they take.
In use 2016 Isle of Man: Go Cards: Bus Vannin: in use in 2018. Isle of Wight: The Key: Southern Vectis: in use in 2018. Jersey: Avanchi Card: LibertyBus: In use in 2014 Kent: Connected Card: Kent County Council & Medway Council: In use in 2016 Leicester: One Card: Leicester City Council: October 2011 Carbonara, Pecorino, Hospital Hopper, Back ...
Two limited contactless-payment trials were conducted around the New York City area in 2006 and in 2010. However, formal planning for a full replacement of the MetroCard did not start until 2016. The OMNY system is designed by Cubic Transportation Systems, using technology licensed from Transport for London's Oyster card.
The New York, Texas and Mexican Railway Company was a railroad business chartered in 1880 to connect New York City with Mexico City with the initial tracks laid in Texas (1880–1905). [1] Known colloquially as The Macaroni Line , [ 2 ] it was established by Joseph Telfener , an Italian engineer and financier.
4 day rail rover (UK, 1994). A transit pass (North American English) or travel card (British English), often referred to as a bus pass or train pass etc. (in all English dialects), [1] [2] is a ticket that allows a passenger of the service to take either a certain number of pre-purchased trips or unlimited trips within a fixed period of time.
The first large scale adoption of smartcards for transport in Great Britain was by Transport for London (TfL) with the Oyster card. [6] It was initially only available on TfL services, but it has been progressively rolled out to National Rail services in and around Greater London. ITSO cards can also now be used on Oyster card readers. [7]
Oyster card vending machine, installed at London Bridge station in December 2006. All machines of this design have been phased out. Oyster cards can be purchased from a number of different outlets in the London area: Ticket machines at London Underground stations, which accept banknotes, coins, and credit and debit cards.
Like other transit smart cards such as the Oyster card, the Clipper card is a credit card-sized stored-value card capable of holding both cash value and transit passes for the participating transit agencies. [5] In addition to the traditional plastic card, Clipper is available as a virtual card in Google Wallet and Apple Wallet.