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Win for Cubic and Transport for London Win the Rail Business Awards

Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Transport for London (TfL) have been awarded the Technological Innovation award at the UK’s18th annual Rail Business Awards, which recognises excellence and innovation in the United Kingdom’s rail sector. Launched in 2012, the contactless bankcard system was extended in 2014 to cover London’s entire transport network, including Tube, rail, bus and tram services. Since the introduction of the contactless payment scheme, more than 350 million contactless journeys hav
March 4, 2016 Read time: 1 min
378 Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and 1466 Transport for London (TfL) have been awarded the Technological Innovation award at the UK’s18th annual Rail Business Awards, which recognises excellence and innovation in the United Kingdom’s rail sector.

Launched in 2012, the contactless bankcard system was extended in 2014 to cover London’s entire transport network, including Tube, rail, bus and tram services. Since the introduction of the contactless payment scheme, more than 350 million contactless journeys have been made across the network.

Cubic says that more than one million journeys are made on London’s transport system using contactless bankcard payments every weekday. In addition, bankcards from more than 80 countries are used on the London system, bringing a new level of convenience for the millions of visitors who visit London each year.

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