Passengers travelling via London Stansted are about to have much easier journeys (Picture: Getty Images)

Holidaymakers rejoice — railway stations in two major UK airports are about to get contactless card payments for the first time.

After years of waiting, London Stansted and Southend airports will finally introduce a tap-in, tap-out ticketing system on December 14 — just in time for the Christmas travel rush.

The only exception is services between Cambridge and Stansted, which won’t qualify for contactless payment.

It means the 6.7 million people travelling to and from the UK’s fourth busiest airport each year will no longer need to worry about booking train tickets in advance.

And it’s likely to save them a nice chunk of cash, too.

London Travelwatch estimates that thou

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