Oyster card: The growing fortune that remains unclaimed

In November 2019 Lauren Potts and Daniel Wainwright reported that Transport for London (TfL) had amassed a fortune in unclaimed balances and deposits on Oyster cards - now worth almost £400m.

Get the data

• Analysis of Oyster pay as you go journeys:
  • Oyster card balances & refunds
  • Analysis of Oyster pay as you go journeys

Quotes and interviews

• Steve Nowottny, Money Saving Expert
• Shashi Verma, chief technology officer, TfL
• Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly

Visualisation

• Area chart: Deposits and balances on cards not used in previous 12 months, 2014-19
• Multiple line chart: Journeys on TfL by method of payment, 2014-19