Michael has secured fresh assurances about the extension of the Oyster network to Sevenoaks.<\/p>\n
In two recent letters, the Rail Minister and the Deputy Mayor of London have both confirmed their commitment to the principle of expansion when the new rail franchise begins in 2018.<\/p>\n
In a\u00a0letter, Rail Minister Paul Maynard wrote \u2018We are still considering a further roll out of Oyster to stations such as Sevenoaks.\u2019\u00a0 The letter also acknowledged that incorporating Sevenoaks into the Oyster zone system could \u2018provide both savings and increased convenience for your constituents\u2019.<\/p>\n
In a separate letter, Deputy Mayor of London Val Shawcross assured Michael\u00a0that under Transport for London\u2019s (TfL) proposals for taking over London metro rail services, his constituents would be able \u2018to use Oyster and contactless bank payment cards for journeys from Sevenoaks to anywhere in the London zonal network\u2019.<\/p>\n
Michael\u00a0said: “This is important progress.\u00a0 Whether under TfL\u2019s proposals or the existing system, Sevenoaks\u2019 passengers deserve the benefits that Oyster and contactless can bring.\u00a0 I will continue to push for further commitments to ensure that this vital improvement is delivered as soon as possible.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Michael has secured fresh assurances about the extension of the Oyster network to Sevenoaks. In two recent letters, the Rail Minister and the Deputy Mayor of London have both confirmed their commitment to the principle of expansion when the new rail franchise begins in 2018. In a\u00a0letter, Rail Minister Paul Maynard wrote \u2018We are still … Continue reading “Michael Secures New Assurances on Oyster Expansion”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[452,461,90],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1417,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}