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[email protected] · August 5th 15, 03:21 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at 15:31:23
on Tue, 4 Aug 2015, David C remarked:
Clearly TfL do want people to swap because it reduces costs for them
and reinforces the case to reduce facilities at stations. Ironically
my bank recently had to replace my bank card and the new one isn't
contactless and I wasn't given a choice about that.

Is it at all possible to add a Senior Railcard to a contactless debit
/ credit card?

I'm thinking no, but......

No, you can't add any railcards to one.

Either literally (as there's nowhere on the card to record it) or
virtually (by linking the railcard with the debit/credit card in
their back-office).

I'm thinking this is probably an anti-fraud measure, because if
someone is travelling on an Oyster with a railcard loaded, an
inspector can tell that, and ask to see the railcard; but if it's a
contactless journey he won't know to ask - and someone may have
borrowed the card (especially if it's a low-value prepay one).

Recording the railcard as a flag to the customer account would be easy
enough but is not offered (not yet anyway), maybe for the reason Roland
cites.

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Colin Rosenstiel