Gatwick 'Easy' payment

Passengers travelling between Gatwick Airport and London will soon be able to use pay-as-you-go, Rail Minister Claire Perry has confirmed thanks to an agreement between the government, Transport for London (TfL) and the operator, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR).

Pay as you go using Oyster and Contactless payments will be introduced as new methods of payment from January 2016 for journeys between London and Gatwick Airport on Southern, Gatwick Express and Thameslink services.  Five other stations along the route – Horley, Salfords, Earlswood, Redhill and Merstham – will also benefit from the up-to-the-minute pay-as-you-go ticket technology.

This will mean more convenience and flexibility for commuters and visitors alike, with improved value for money in many cases, and reduced crowding at stations.  It will also allow seamless onward connections to London’s transport network and National Rail services.

Since Contactless payments were introduced on the TfL network in September 2014, there have been more than 220m Contactless journeys made.  Each day there are over one million Contactless journeys on London’s transport system.  One in 10 Contactless transactions in the UK are made on TfL's services, making TfL one of the largest Contactless merchants worldwide. www.thameslinkrailway.com  https://tfl.gov.uk

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