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| Oyster travel card system fails | Oyster travel card system fails |
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| The Oyster system used on London's transport network has broken down two weeks after another fault left 40,000 customers with corrupted cards. | The Oyster system used on London's transport network has broken down two weeks after another fault left 40,000 customers with corrupted cards. |
| The latest problem has affected pay-as-you-go Oystercards on the Tube network. | |
| Barriers are being kept open at all stations until the problem has been rectified, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed. | Barriers are being kept open at all stations until the problem has been rectified, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed. |
| The cards are used as a form of payment across the city on the Tube, buses, trams and the Docklands Light Railway. | The cards are used as a form of payment across the city on the Tube, buses, trams and the Docklands Light Railway. |
| Passengers touch the electronic card on a reader on entry or exit to a station, or when getting on a bus. | |
| "There is currently a technical problem with Oyster readers at London Underground stations which is affecting pay-as-you-go cards only," a Tfl spokesman said. | |
| "Ticket barriers have been opened to minimise any disruption to passengers whilst engineers work to resolve the problem." | |
| About 17 million cards have been issued since the introduction of the Oyster system in 2003, TfL said. | About 17 million cards have been issued since the introduction of the Oyster system in 2003, TfL said. |