Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to know the following information. 1. How did TFL users pay for their journeys on TFL in 2012? Please confirm the total number of journeys completed for each payment type, including physical ticket, contactless debit card, contactless credit card, Oyster card, mobile payments (i.e. Apply Pay or Android Pay), and any other payment methods. For example, please specify the number of journeys were completed using a physical ticket, the number of journeys completed using a contactless debit card, the number of journeys completed using a contactless credit card, the number of journeys completed using an Oyster card, the number of journeys completed using a mobile payments (i.e. Apply Pay or Android Pay), etc. I would like to know the same information for the subsequent years, i.e. 2. How did TFL users pay for their journeys on TFL in 2013? Please confirm the total number of journeys completed for each payment type, including physical ticket, contactless debit card, contactless credit card, Oyster card, mobile payments (i.e. Apply Pay or Android Pay) and any other payment methods. 3. How did TFL users pay for their journeys on TFL in 2014? Please confirm the total number of journeys completed for each payment type, including physical ticket, contactless debit card, contactless credit card, Oyster card, mobile payments (i.e. Apply Pay or Android Pay). 4. How did TFL users pay for their journeys on TFL in 2015? Please confirm the total number of journeys completed for each payment type, including physical ticket, contactless debit card, contactless credit card, Oyster card, mobile payments (i.e. Apply Pay or Android Pay) and any other payment methods. 5. How did TFL users pay for their journeys on TFL in 2016? Please confirm the total number of journeys completed for each payment type, including physical ticket, contactless debit card, contactless credit card, Oyster card, mobile payments (i.e. Apply Pay or Android Pay) and any other payment methods. 6. How did TFL users pay for their journeys on TFL in 2017? Please confirm the total number of journeys completed for each payment type, including physical ticket, contactless debit card, contactless credit card, Oyster card, mobile payments (i.e. Apply Pay or Android Pay) and any other payment methods. 7. How have TFL users paid for their journeys on TFL to date in 2018? Please confirm the total number of journeys completed for each payment type, including physical ticket, contactless debit card, contactless credit card, Oyster card, mobile payments (i.e. Apply Pay or Android Pay) and any other payment methods.

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TfL Ref: 1663-1819

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 20 September 2018 asking for information about fares and ticketing.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require.

Please see below for details of fare payer journeys on our bus and London Underground services since 2004. Please note that the figures for 2018 are for the current calendar year up to 15 September.

We do not retain historical breakdowns of Contactless Payments by the different payment types for TfL users.

Calendar Year	Journeys (m)
	Paper tickets	Oyster	Contactless Payments (CPC)
2004	2,047	420	0
2005	1,672	706	0
2006	896	1,400	0
2007	570	1,909	0
2008	503	2,077	0
2009	449	2,167	0
2010	417	2,172	0
2011	358	2,301	0
2012	353	2,387	0
2013	326	2,426	7
2014	275	2,473	40
2015	219	2,377	221
2016	213	2,132	393
2017	200	1,936	578
2018	133	1,222	503

If this is not the information you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

Sara Thomas

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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