With contactless payments going live on Transport for London just around the corner in September, it seems the London River Buses don’t want to be left out of the party and have introduced a new mobile ticketing App rather than integrating into the new TfL systems.
The new App uses the JustRide platform by mobile ticketing gurus Masabi and allows you to book tickets wherever you are. Your phone becomes both your ticket and departure board. Once you’ve signed up you can buy and store multiple tickets, including season tickets which you activate as you board. Note, however, it doesn’t yet let you apply the discount that you get with your travel card or PAYG Oyster discounts so it may not be suitable for everyone.
The Thames Clippers Tickets App is available now for both iOS devices and Android devices.
If you’ve never used the River Bus service, you can find all about it here in Station Master Geoff’s excellent short film: