Stagecoach, one of the UK’s largest bus and rail operators, and
mobile operator Everything Everywhere have teamed up to launch
an NFC payments
initiative in Cambridgeshire.
The project is still on trial, but it is said to be
“the UK’s
first government-standard commercial
deployment of mobile contactless transport ticketing,” according to Everything
Everywhere.
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The new service is being tested by a small group of passengers that
can receive, store and authenticate their bus ticket via NFC
enabled mobile devices, which are built-in with an app designed for
the pre-existing local bus network’s smart card readers.
the Orange and Barclaycard Quick Tap,
supplied by Everything Everywhere.
The trial takes place on Cambridgeshire bus routes,
including the Cambridge Park & Ride and Guided Busway, and
might be extended nationwide in 2013, depending on the success of
the experiment.
Martin Griffiths, Stagecoach finance director said:
“Once this trial is complete, we will carry out a review of the
findings and assess the potential to expand the scheme further for
our passengers.”
