Transys comment speculation
Blog I've been pondering why it's so difficult to get any official comment out of any of the organisations involved when it comes to what is happening with Transys. Transys is the consortium which runs London's Oyster card travel smartcard, and consists...
[August 20, 2008, 17:54]
TfL Oyster deal break reason smells odd
Blog There was something that wasn't quite right about the reasoning TfL gave me for breaking its Oyster contract with Transys. TfL has been talking to Transys for a year about the how the system needs an update, it said, and the outages and security...
[August 8, 2008, 17:48]
Oyster contract in limbo after EDS legal move
News Cubic, a member of the Transys consortium that runs London's Oyster smartcard public transport system, has been legally restrained by EDS, the other major member of the consortium, from taking over the running of the entire Oyster system.
[August 13, 2008, 15:42]
TfL terminates Oyster contract
News Transport for London has terminated its contract with the Transys consortium that provides the Oyster ticketing system for the London Underground, buses and trams. Transys will continue to operate the Oyster system until 2010, the consortium stated...
[August 8, 2008, 16:53]
Contactless payment system crash probed
News Transys, the EDS-led consortium behind the Oyster card system, said it had identified the problem by 0830 and that most of the readers were working again by mid-morning. A spokeswoman for Transys explained that information on lost and stolen Oyster...
[March 10, 2005, 15:10]
Mystery surrounds wiped Oyster cards
News The authority responsible for the cards, Transport for London (TfL), is working in conjunction with supplier Transys to find out how the cards could have been affected by the gates. We're currently investigating the cause of the incident with...
[July 14, 2008, 15:58]
TfL explores options for Oyster replacement
News This follows TfL's decision in August to terminate the contract with TranSys for delivering Oyster ticketing five years before the original date of 2015. Judge also told the committee that the replacement for the contract with TranSys is unlikely...
[October 23, 2008, 9:28]
O2 hails success of Oyster-phone trial
News The mobile travelcard/wallet trial was announced in November 2007, with O2 partnering with AEG, Barclaycard, Nokia, Transport for London, TranSys and Visa Europe to trial a Nokia handset that included an Oyster application for travel around London.
[September 3, 2008, 11:39]
TfL reponds to Oyster crack claims
Blog And here's a statement from TranSys - the consortium responsible for delivering Oyster on behalf of TfL: Transport for London has been quick to hit back at claims, made by Dutch security researchers, that the Oyster card is crackable and clonable.
[June 19, 2008, 9:58]
Oyster cracked in public, researcher claims
News On Tuesday, Transport for London (TfL) said that TranSys, the contractor that runs the Oyster system, had carried out a full assessment of the system and set up additional safeguards. A researcher has claimed to have created exploit code to crack...
[October 27, 2008, 16:15]
TfL salvages Oyster brand in deal with EDS, Cubic
News Cubic and EDS are also members of the Transys consortium, which is currently managing and developing the Oyster ticketing scheme. In August, TfL exercised a break option in the Transys contract, moving the end date of Transys's leadership of the...
[November 19, 2008, 15:25]
Smart-card ticketing goes Underground
News TranSys, a consortium of companies led by Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), designed the system and has so far outfitted 6,000 buses and 255 Tube stations to use the cards.
[November 20, 2002, 12:57]
Oyster card suffers second rush-hour failure
News A Transport for London (TfL) spokesperson said the problem is believed to be the result of incorrect data tables being sent out by the Oyster card contractor, Transys. London's Oyster travel smartcard system has failed for the second time in a...
[July 25, 2008, 11:18]
