Contactless expansion start date cancelled due to Transport for London hacking

Plans to expand contactless payments to 47 various stations on 22nd September have been cancelled.

National Rail have stated: “Due to an ongoing cyber security incident pay as you go with contactless will no longer be launching at 47 stations across the South East on the 22nd of September.”

There’s no new date given for commencement.

The introduction is already running extremely late yet higher paper ticket fares were implemented some months ago without contactless payments due to launch alongside.

Expansion

Project Oval is a project from the department for transport contracted to TfL for expansion with Southeastern, Thameslink, c2c, LNWR and SWR all due to see contactless travel this month.

Stations missing on Southeastern and Thameslink are:

• Bat & Ball
• Dunton Green
• Eynsford
• Otford
• Sevenoaks
• Shoreham

C2C at:

• Basildon
• Benfleet
• Chalkwell
• East Tilbury
• Laindon
• Leigh-on-Sea
• Pitsea
• Shoeburyness
• Southend Central
• Southend East
• Stanford-le-Hope
• Thorpe Bay
• Tilbury Town
• West Horndon
• Westcliff

LNWR:

• Apsley
• Berkhamsted
• Bletchley
• Bricket Wood
• Cheddington
• Garston
• Hemel Hempstead
• How Wood
• King’s Langley
• Leighton Buzzard
• Park Street
• St. Albans Abbey
• Tring
• Watford North

South Western Railway:

• Ashford
• Datchet
• Egham
• Kempton Park
• Shepperton
• Staines
• Sunbury
• Sunnymeads
• Upper Halliford
• Virginia Water
• Windsor & Eton Riverside
• Wraysbury

Transport for London have been impacted by the hacking incident for some days and an arrest was announced today.

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