Contactless payment on Tube delayed until late 2013

Charlee Gothard
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No 'Wave and Pay' on the Tube until the end of 2013, as TfL misses its contactless payment pledge by a year

Contactless payments on the London transport network are to be delayed by a year, meaning the service won't be fully active on the Tube until the end of 2013. The "Wave and Pay" system, which en...

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