Payment statistics
Dear Transport for London,
you kindly provided some payment statistics in response to a previous FOI request by me.
Can I have an up to date version of these figures please?
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/4...
Thanks in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Rob Blackie.
Dear Mr Blackie
Our ref: FOI-1423-1819/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 22
August 2018 asking for information about payment statistics.
Your request will be processed by TfL, the Greater London Authority and
its subsidiaries to provide you with a response in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy.
A response will be sent to you by 20 September 2018. We publish a
substantial range of information on our website on subjects including
operational performance, contracts, expenditure, journey data, governance
and our financial performance. This includes data which is frequently
asked for in FOI requests or other public queries. Please check
[1]http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transpar... to see if this helps you.
We will publish anonymised versions of requests and responses on the
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In the meantime, if you would like to discuss this matter further, please
do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
References
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Dear Mr Blackie
Our ref: FOI-1423-1819/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 22
August 2018 asking for information about payment statistics.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that
we do hold the information you require.
As previously, there are some limitations on the data we can access, and
some reports concerning payments by cash, card, cheque etc are no longer
available.
Also as previously, the focus here is not on transactions (since one
transaction could imply one journey, or 40 journeys, etc) but on total
journeys and total sales.
The following is an analysis of Pay As You Go journeys on TfL services in
the financial year April 2017 – March 2018. The proportion of journeys
using a Contactless card or device to pay at station gates, or readers on
buses, was about 43% averaged across the year but by the end of the year
it was nearer 50%.
Number of Pay As You Go (PAYG) journeys (000) on TfL services by Payment
Method
12 months
Oyster Contactless Payment Card Contactless
starting journeys (CPC) journeys mobile device Total
journeys
April 2017
Total for the 1,033,845 695,738 80,097 1,809,680
year
Proportions 57.1% 38.4% 4.4% 100.0%
Secondly, an analysis gives an indication of the breakdown between cash
and card purchases. These are receipts (sales) at Underground stations,
including purchases of Travelcards as well as PAYG top-ups, and they will
also cover parts of journeys made on National Rail. However, note that
receipts from journeys using Contactless cards and mobiles (see above) are
excluded.
Total receipts collected (£000) on the Underground by Payment Method
12 months Other (including Warrants)
starting Cash Bank Card Total
April 2017
Total for the year 305,233 1,231,535 9,070 1,545,837
Proportions 19.7% 79.7% 0.6% 100.0%
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable
to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached
information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
References
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1. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/
Thank you very much for your reply.
Could you possibly send this as a PDF? I want to make sure I don't misinterpret your tables.
Many thanks,
Rob Blackie
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