TfL reopens applications for discount travel cards after cyber-attack

Transport for London has reopened applications for some Oyster photocards after a cyber-attack in September forced it to close down many online services.

- Gwyn Topham

Students, apprentices and care leavers over 18 can now apply for the discount cards that permit travel at reduced rates, but over-60s and schoolchildren will have to wait until later in the month as TfL tackles the backlog in a phased reintroduction.

Last month TfL restored data feeds that had been cut, linking tube service information to third-party apps including Citymapper, allowing customers to check live travel times and journey plans again.

TfL has been unable to provide many online auxiliary services since its systems were hacked more than two months ago, although its core transport functions were unaffected.