In message , at 21:37:29 on Thu, 14 May
2015, Mizter T remarked:

back in 2013 the Mayor wrote to me on this issue and
confirmed it would be in in 2015.

Hmm, "ready in two year's time"

Fast forward two years:

it is another two years' worth of work before that can
happen. "

Any bets on what the answer will be in another two year's time?

Probably ready, at least enough for a pilot.

hmm, is a pilot what the good lady was asking about, or customer
rollout?

This has never been something that TfL have shouted about publicly,

Was the letter Boris wrote in 2013 confidential?

I'm also going to assume that any extension to the Oyster availability
requires the back-office to be in place. For example, completing the
rollout to [Theobalds Grove, Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Brentwood,
Shenfield, Broxbourne] Rye House, St Margarets, Ware and Hertford East
announced as long ago as 2011. GTR have also announced "Oyster PAYG
extensions - as far as Epsom, Gatwick Airport, Luton Airport, Welwyn
Garden City and Hertford North" by September this year.

TfL announced Oyster weekly capping predicated upon the new back-office,
but with an open-ended delivery date, in November 2014.

so try and contain your excitement when it comes to your beloved list
of transport ticketing vapourware!

The subject does appear to be plagued with over-optimistic announcements
and delays running into years. I'm not so much worried about the time it
takes, as the extremely poor forecasts that are made.

--
Roland Perry