Non-ITSO Systems
The largest commercial-based scheme is by Transport for London, marketed as Oyster. Currently, Oyster is not compatible with the ITSO specification. TfL has funded Oyster readers for all London rail stations in London zones 1-6, and the Department for Transport has worked with TfL to ensure the readers will also be compatible with the ITSO Specification.
The UK equivalent interoperability organisation for sectors other than transport ticketing is Lasseo which provides an open specification for UK Local Authorities to add public services onto ITSO based cards, and a Scottish consortium of local authorities looks at standard and interoperability issues in Scotland.
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