"If you can use Oyster today why not everyday?" - Caroline Pidgeon (Barking and Dagenham Borough Liberal Democrats)

Barking and Dagenham Borough Liberal Democrats <barkinganddagenham@libdems4london.org.uk>

"If you can use Oyster today why not everyday?" - Caroline Pidgeon

June 10, 2009 12:00 AM
Originally published by London Assembly Liberal Democrats

Caroline Pidgeon, the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Transport Spokesperson, commenting on the temporary extension of Oyster Pay as You Go to most train services across London said:

"If Oyster Pay As You Go can cover most train services in London for 48 hours, why not everyday? Londoners have today been given a glimpse of what should already be a reality each and every day of the year.

"While the RMT's actions today have inconvenienced millions of Londoners , the agreement reached between the Mayor and the Train Operating Companies to allow Oyster Pay as You Go on some train services has at least mitigated the worst effects of this unnecessary strike. Now the Mayor must ensure that the benefits of Oyster PAYG covering all rail services across London is made permanent."

ENDS

Notes to editors:

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, promised last year that Oyster Pay as You Go would permanently cover all train services across London by May 2009 : http://www.esadvertising.co.uk/media/images/mayor258_5846.pdf