The delayed expansion of London-style contactless payments across more stations outside London will come into effect next month. From 2nd February, 47

London-style contactless train ticketing expanding to 47 more stations next month

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2025-01-23 00:00:15

The delayed expansion of London-style contactless payments across more stations outside London will come into effect next month.

From 2nd February, 47 more stations across south-east England will start accepting tap-in and tap-out ticketing, and 49 more stations are due to join the scheme later this year.

The £20 million rollout, called Project Oval, is being funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) and carried out by TfL with the provision of in-station validation equipment carried out by Cubic Transportation Systems, who already provide the same kit to TfL.

Contactless payments were due to launch at these stations last September, but because they are based on TfL technology, they were delayed following the cyber attack on TfL’s computers.

The expansion will not include Oyster cards as the Oyster technology is now too old, just the newer bank card-based contactless payments. That mirrors how the Elizabeth line was extended to Reading, with Oyster only working as far as the edge of Zone 6, after which only bank card contactless will work.