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<p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Department for Transport officials work
regularly with Transport for London (TfL) both on the national strategy for smart
and integrated ticketing and on implementation in and around London. Cooperation with
TfL is integral to any smart ticketing system which includes the London area, in order
to ensure full integration of systems and a positive passenger experience.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>TfL will shortly have completed the delivery of the “ITSO on
Prestige” project, specified and funded by the Department, which has equipped the
capital with readers that can now accept the national open standard for transport
ticketing (ITSO) as well as contactless bank cards. We have been working closely with
them to make the most of this investment, including accepting Southern's “The Key”
card which was successfully launched at Victoria by my Noble Friend the Minister of
State for Transport, Baroness Kramer, last year. Southern is also working closely
with us and TfL to roll out more products progressively as the capability becomes
available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>TfL is also a key delivery partner for the
South East Flexible Ticketing programme (SEFT) and has been a signatory to the Memorandum
of Understanding and a member of the Programme Board since the beginning. Significant
work continues to be undertaken with them in order to ensure that the SEFT scheme
will interoperate properly with their existing infrastructure in the London area.</p><p>
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