Limited edition royal wedding Oyster cards net transport for London £2million

Regal: The limited edition Oyster card
12 April 2012

Transport for London has made £2 million from the sale of a special edition of the Oyster card commemorating the royal wedding.

It sold 200,000 of the plastic smartcards which feature an engagement picture of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and record their wedding date of April 29.

It was the first limited-edition Oyster card and its success paves the way for further ones - most likely to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics, both next summer.

Each royal Oyster cost £10, made up of £5 of credit to pay for journeys and a £5 deposit.
Though the deposit is technically refundable, TfL is unlikely to have to do this as the cards are expected to be retained as souvenirs.

Boris Johnson described them as a "fabulous memento of the happy day" and urged the Duke and Duchess to buy their own as it was the "cheapest, easiest way" of getting around London.

However the cards, which went on sale eight days before the wedding, have not sold out.
A total of 750,000 were made, and those left will now be offered to passengers looking to buy or replace their Oyster until supplies run out.

A TfL spokeswoman said: "The limited edition royal wedding Oyster card has been extremely popular and almost 200,000 have been sold so far.

"This commemorative card will be available while stocks last and can be purchased from any London Underground and London Overground station, some National Rail ticket offices and TfL travel information centres." More than 43 million Oyster cards have been issued since 2003.

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