{"id":2145,"date":"2014-07-07T10:07:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T10:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2014-07-07T10:07:07","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T10:07:07","slug":"london-buses-stop-accepting-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/london-buses-stop-accepting-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"London buses stop accepting cash"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"London<\/a>London buses will no longer accept cash payments for tickets with effect from Sunday, the British capital\u2019s transport authority said.
\nTransport for London (TfL), which runs public transport in the city, said in a statement that dwindling numbers of passengers were using money to pay for their journeys.
\nTravelers on London\u2019s signature red buses must now use Oyster transport swipe cards, prepaid or concessionary tickets, or contactless payment cards. TfL added that more than 99 percent of bus passengers are already using these payment methods.
\nTourists will be largely unaffected because the vast majority tend to use a prepaid ticket such as a Visitor Oyster card to get around London, according to the transport authority.
\n\u201cThe way our customers pay for goods and services is evolving, so we need to ensure our ticketing evolves too,\u201d said Mike Weston, TfL\u2019s director of buses.
\n\u201cRemoving cash from our bus network not only offers customers a quicker and more efficient bus service but it enables us to make savings of \u00a324 million ($42 million, 30 million euros) a year which will be re-invested to further improve London\u2019s transport network.\u201d<\/p>\n

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