According to Transport for London website London is about to experience another huge technological leap forward thanks to the success of it's Oyster card.
In partnership with TranSys and Barclaycard, Transport for London have announced the launch of Barclaycard OnePulse.
This unique 3-in-1 card combines Oyster with credit card and cashless payment facilities.
The Barclaycard OnePulse card allows passengers to take advantage of all the benefits that Oyster offers: cheap, quick and convenient travel on the buses, Tube, DLR and trams.
The OnePulse card also allows customers to pick up a coffee and newspaper on the way to work and pay for it using the OneTouch contactless payment system. With reduced congestion in Tube stations thanks to Oyster cards allowing 40 people to pass through gates each minute the future is bright when it comes to implementing the same system in shops through out the capital.
This "wave and pay"(TM) technology can be used for buying everyday items, costing less than £10, by simply touching the card on a special reader, designed and developed by TranSys, at thousands of outlets across the capital.
Shashi Verma, Director of fares and ticketing for TfL, says “ This innovative partnership with Barclaycard is another way that Oyster technology can make life more convenient for Londoners, providing them with not only cheaper, easier and more convenient travel but also the ability to make low cost transactions on everyday items.”
The Oyster in a OnePulse card works just like a regular Oyster card and can be topped up like a pay-as-you-go card or can have up to three Travelcards or Bus Pass season tickets loaded onto it.
Barclaycard OnePulse is the first major licensing venture of Oyster for TranSys, with the full support of TfL. This follows successful trials of the card earlier in 2007.
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