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IT'S HARD TO CONCEIVE that the Oyster card turns 20 years old in 2023. Launched in June 2003, the blue smartcard has transformed the way that people in London travel in the subsequent decades and led the charge across the UK for smartcard technology to replace traditional paper ticketing. At the heart of Oyster was the belief that people should have the flexibility to travel when they want to and only pay for the journeys that they make. With Oyster, there was no need to queue for a ticket every time you wanted to travel and, as credit could be pre-loaded onto the card, you could also then 'top up' when it was convenient for you, rather than having to allow extra time to queue to buy a ticket as part of your commute or family day out. |