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Govia Thameslink Railway has announced that Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield and Welham Green are the latest stations to welcome pay as you go with contactless.
Pay as you go with contactless generally offer the cheapest single fares towards London by passengers simply touching their contactless payment card or smartphone.
Great Northern has worked with Transport for London and the Department for Transport to extend the contactless system to Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield and Welham Green.
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What did the officials say?
Thameslink and Great Northern Managing Director Tom Moran said:
“The arrival of pay as you go with contactless at WGC, Hatfield and Welham Green marks the completion of this year's ambitious roll-out project, which has seen 13 stations on the GTR network welcome the convenient payment method. We have worked closely with the Department for Transport and Transport for London to bring contactless to our stations, giving customers greater choice and generally lower single fares.”
Shashi Verma, Chief Technology Officer at Transport for London, said:
“It is great that we have been able to work with Govia Thameslink Railway to complete the latest expansion of pay as you go with contactless on their services. Almost 25 million journeys in and around London are now made using contactless every week, making travel more convenient and accessible for all.”
Mike Guerra, of Welham Green Rail Users Group, said:
“I am pleased that it will now be possible to obtain just-in-time ticketless access for rail journeys into London without having to queue for tickets at a busy ticket vending machine. For passengers used to TfL's pay as you go system where contactless card use is becoming the norm, this is an important step, perhaps looking forward to a time when ticketless travel will be the norm across the national transport system.”
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What about Great Northern to expand the contactless tickets to other stations including Peterborough, Cambridge, Cambridge North, Royston, Letchworth Garden City, Ely, King’s Linn, Downham Market, Stevenage, Huntingdon, Biggleswade, St. Neots, Hitchin and other stations on the Great Northern network. And stations on the Hertford Loop Line including Hertford North, Bayford, Cuffley and Watton-at-Stone that are outside of London.