NETHERLANDS: Den Haag transport operator HTM has rolled out mobile ticketing on its bus and tram routes.
Masabi has supplied its JustRide smartphone app and cloud-based back office. The app has Dutch, German and English interfaces, and links to HTM’s journey planning app. Transactions are processed using the iDEAL online payments system.
TICKETING: Embedded applications industry association GlobalPlatform has published a technical framework designed in collaboration with the Smart Ticketing Alliance and mobile operators' organisation GSMA which aims to ensure that interoperable mobile ticketing is brought to market efficiently and securely. GlobalPlatform Systems End-to-End Simplified Service Management Framework Transport v1.0.0 specifies the ...
NETHERLANDS: Trans Link Systems which manages the OV-chipkaart national multi-modal fare collection system has awarded Scheidt & Bachmann, Octopus Applications and independent ID-based ticketing specialist BlueBridge Transactions a contract to convert the technology from a smart card-based system where data is stored on a user’s card to an account-based system ...
NETHERLANDS: Rotterdam and Den Haag transport authority MRDH has directly awarded incumbent RET a new contract to operate Rotterdam’s tram and metro networks, and has approved the award of a similar contract for HTM to continue to operate trams in Den Haag. The Rotterdam contract will run from December 2016 ...
