The First Contactless Only Station (No Oyster)

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Published 2019-10-07

On the London Rail and Tube Map, Brookmans Park has appeared with a 'Contactless' symbol next to it, denoting it can be used for Contactless PAYG travel, but NOT Oyster cards!

You can still use a paper ticket - as always - of course, but there's more of these to come, with nine stations about to appear on the Tube Map which will also be Contactless Only/No Oyster. I went for a ride to Brooksmans Park to investigate.

With thanks to Mike from the 'Oyster Rail' website. For so much information about Oyster/Contacless and your questions answered, have a look at Mike's amazing site: www.oyster-rail.org.uk/

All Comments (21)

@eddy66t6 4 years ago

"I have been here before..." Says man known for visiting all the stations....
@GregRobsonUK 4 years ago

The year is 2035 and Birmingham New Street has been added to the London Tube Map under "Zone 43"...
@Joe-cs3fr 4 years ago

I'm 16 so use a 16+ Oyster card - a contactless card would charge me the full adult fare, and a paper ticket would also cost me the full adult fare without a 16-25 railcard... not sure I'm a fan of this
@TheStevenWhiting 4 years ago

"Seek assistance" yet alot of the stations they've removed all the staff. Thats the next thing to do. Go round noting all station where the ticket offices have all been shutdown.
@Vokabre 4 years ago

So, would the stations that don't accept contactless be called contactlessless?
@KeshtheKing 4 years ago

"Mind the gap between the train and the contactless platform."
@geniusphil1 4 years ago

15 zones to match the number of storeys each tube station has.
@dronespace 4 years ago

I am completely against this. The whole point of oyster is to have a simplified system where you can use the card everywhere. If they start having stations that don't allow them then that completely defeats the point
@frankw4847 4 years ago

Is it just me or do others also think that unoysterable stations are actually not very user friendly?
@patrickwigmore3462 4 years ago

So Oyster cards; famously contactless; are no longer "contactless", despite still being contactless? Nope. It's not confusing enough. They need to do better.
@Jim_Welch_OK 4 years ago

Programmer's worst nightmare: "You new assignment is to fix bugs on the legacy system."
@K-o-R 4 years ago

Can I get my Railcard discount on contactless yet? No? Then this is a bad move. Can I put my Railcard and PAYG balance on my SWT Smart/SWR Touch/whatever-the-hell-the-next-incompatible-smartcard-is-called? No? Then this is a bad move. The entire point of Oyster is its simplicity of use.
@jermainelong1843 4 years ago

The orange colour scheme on the reader would suit London Overground stations better.
@johnstilljohn3181 4 years ago

Is this level of fare structure complexity really necessary...?
@harrierjames7727 4 years ago

This is literally just stupidity.
@martijnkosters9024 4 years ago

Let's restrict your payment options, yay? It is so confusing, Geoff even struggles, it feels like it is one step away from random fares in your disadvantage.
@spiccybaby 4 years ago

They don't want old people in Brookmans Park.
@geofftech2 4 years ago

Things to discuss! Could TfL not agree with GWR Oyster Fares/Zones beyond West Drayton? (e.g why isn't Iver Zone 7, Langley Zone 8 and Slough Zone 9, etc..) Are they really trying to ditch Oyster and get everyone to use Contactless? Surely when #PurpleTrain fully opens, loads of people will jump on it with Oyster ... and then get unstuck when they go past West Drayton? How cramped is the new pocket Tube Map going to look in December when they add 9 new TfL stations to it, and how will they denote 'No Oyster - Contactless Only' on it?
@itsdamoko 4 years ago

As if the map wasn't complicated enough. Good luck on squeezing all the info into the new map TfL.
@allthestroke88 4 years ago

This was a very informative video. And I'm still very confused.