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The Key is a contactless ITSO-compatible smartcard developed by the Go-Ahead Group used on buses, trains and other forms of public transport across various areas of the United Kingdom. The Key uses near-field communication to electronically store and transmit information about rail and bus tickets for use on several operators across the UK.
Holders of Railcards (but not Network Railcard) can link their Railcard to Oyster to have PAYG capped at 34% below the normal rate since 2 January 2008. [96] Oyster PAYG can be used to buy tickets on river services operated by Thames Clipper (23 November 2009) [73] Oyster PAYG extended to National Rail (2 January 2010) [97]
Contactless smartcards are being progressively introduced as an alternative option to paper ticketing on the National Rail system of Great Britain. Tickets for use on National Rail services can be loaded onto any ITSO card. The ITSO standard has been developed to cover all types of public transport.
A contactless smart card is a contactless credential whose dimensions are credit card size. Its embedded integrated circuits can store (and sometimes process) data and communicate with a terminal via NFC. Commonplace uses include transit tickets, bank cards and passports. There are two broad categories of contactless smart cards.
EMV contactless symbol used on compatible payment terminals. EMV stands for "Europay, Mastercard, and Visa", the three companies that created the standard.Contactless payment systems are credit cards and debit cards, key fobs, smart cards, or other devices, including smartphones and other mobile devices, that use radio-frequency identification (RFID) or near-field communication (NFC) for ...
Calypso is an international electronic ticketing standard for microprocessor contactless smart cards, originally designed by a group of transit operators from 11 countries including Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, México, Portugal and others. It ensures multi-sources of compatible products, and allows for interoperability ...
Pay-as-you-go payment by contactless bank card or smartphone is available at all stations between Fenchurch Street/Liverpool Street and Grays. [71] Contactless pay-as-you-go payment was due to be extended to all stations by December 2023. [72] [73] The expansion of contactless pay-as-you-go ticketing was delayed indefinitely because of ...
In 2016, MDT approved a $33 million contract with Cubic to operate the system for another 10 years, and upgrade it for contactless credit card payments. The upgrades also moved the system's accounting functions to the cloud. Contactless credit card payments and fare capping became available on Metrorail in 2019, and on Metrobus in 2020. [14] [15]