Railway and public transport ticketing news – Page 6

  • London Underground at Farringdon
    Rail Business UK

    Friday off-peak London fares trial still to be agreed

    2024-02-01T13:30:00Z

    UK: Details are still to be agreed on how to implement Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s proposed trial of all-day off-peak Underground and National Rail fares on Fridays.

  • tickets
    Rail Business UK

    Second Great British Rail Sale announced

    2024-01-20T00:05:00Z

    UK: A second Great British Rail Sale has been announced, offering up to 50% off selected Advance and Off-Peak tickets bought between January 23 and 29 for travel between January 30 and March 15. More than 1 million discounted tickets will be available to destinations in ...

  • RENFE train and passengers at Valencia station
    News

    RENFE ticket sales competition commitments made legally binding

    2024-01-18T12:29:00Z

    SPAIN: Commitments which national train operator RENFE made to address the European Commission’s concerns regarding the supply of data to rival ticketing retailers have been made legally binding under EU antitrust rules. ‘Today’s decision opens up competition in online rail ticketing services in Spain’, said Margrethe ...

  • LNER trains and passengers at London King's Cross station (Photo LNER)
    Rail Business UK

    LNER scraps off-peak fares with 70min Flex ticket pilot scheme

    2024-01-16T17:14:00Z

    UK: East Coast Main Line inter-city operator LNER has launched a pilot scheme which scraps Off-Peak and Super Off-Peak fares but introduces a semi-flexible ticket which can be used up to 70 min before or after a passenger’s booked train. The trial covers travel on LNER ...

  • Eurostar train
    Rail Business UK

    Eurostar promotional fares advert deemed misleading

    2024-01-04T11:00:00Z

    UK: The Advertising Standards Authority has told Eurostar that a significant proportion of seats must be available at the highlighted price when it uses ‘from’ prices in advertising. The ASA ruling on January 3 follows a complaint by someone who received a promotional e-mail in July ...

  • LNER ticket machines at King's Cross (Photo Tony MIles)
    Rail Business UK

    Rail fare increases confirmed

    2024-01-03T12:00:00Z

    UK: The government has announced that the 2024 regulated fare cap for National Rail operators in England will be 4·9%. It has also said that fare changes will now take place in March each year. Meanwhile, Transport Scotland has announced that ScotRail fares will increase by ...

  • Trenord ticket machine with Conduent software
    News

    Software expands ticket vending machine capabilities

    2023-12-28T05:00:00Z

    ITALY: Trenord is the first customer to deploy a ticket machine software platform which Conduent Transportation has developed to provide a user experience similar to a web app and to enable the future sale of new products. The ticket machines accept payment by digital payment apps, ...

  • Southeastern Class 375 Electrostar at Penge Tunnel (Photo Southeastern)
    Rail Business UK

    Southeastern introduces digital season tickets

    2023-12-22T04:00:00Z

    UK: Southeastern has introduce digital season tickets, branded sTickets, which passengers can buy through its website and app and store on their smartphone. Weekly, monthly, annual, flexi, custom period and child tickets are available for Southeastern routes, except where the ticket allows travel on Transport for ...

  • tickets
    Rail Business UK

    Plans for centralised Great British Railways ticket sales scrapped

    2023-12-15T16:46:00Z

    UK: The government has dropped plans to create a centralised Great British Railways online rail ticket retailer, the Department for Transport has confirmed. The proposals were originally outlined by the in May 2021 as part of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail white paper. However, on December ...

  • tickets
    Rail Business UK

    Train ticket retailers told to make booking fees clearer

    2023-12-13T04:00:00Z

    UK: The Office of Rail & Road has written to seven online ticket retailers expressing concerns about ‘drip pricing’, when customers are shown an initial price with additional fees revealed later in the sales process. There are more than 40 retailers selling rail tickets online, split ...

  • Choshi_2502_at_Inubo_Station
    In depth

    Japan: Attracting traffic to rural lines

    2023-12-12T05:00:00Z

    Imaginative initiatives are helping to ensure the survival of lightly used railways in rural Japan. Mike Bent reports.

  • Greater Anglia Stadler electric train
    Rail Business UK

    Greater Anglia to test barcode paper tickets

    2023-12-08T11:00:00Z

    UK: Greater Anglia is to test the use of barcodes printed on paper tickets, which can then be scanned at barriers instead of being inserted into a magnetic stripe reader. The trial will determine whether tickets bought from vending machines could be brought into line with ...

  • Alexandria metro photos NAT (2)
    Metro Report International

    Thales to supply signalling, security and ticketing for Alexandria metro

    2023-11-30T09:40:00Z

    EGYPT: Thales has been subcontracted to supply signalling, security and ticketing systems for the first metro line in Alexandria. The 21·7 km line is being developed by a consortium of Orascom Construction and Colas Rail under a €1·3bn contract awarded by the National Authority for Tunnels ...

  • GWR Cornwall smartcard ticket
    Rail Business UK

    Pay-as-you-go in Cornwall

    2023-11-30T09:00:00Z

    UK: Smartcard-based pay-as-you-go payment has been introduced on journeys between Penzance and Par.  

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    Metro Report International

    Marseille contactless payment roll-out underway

    2023-11-21T05:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Conduent Transportation, Visa and bank Caisse d’Epargne CEPAC are implementing a contactless open payment system covering metro, tram and bus services in the region covered by the Aix-Marseille-Provence Métropole. 

  • Thales Mitac
    Metro Report International

    Taipei metro ticketing enhancements

    2023-11-16T16:53:00Z

    TAIWAN: Taipei Rapid Transit Corp has appointed Thales and local partner MiTAC Information Technology Corp to upgrade the metro’s fare collection systems to accept multiple electronic payment options at the ticket gates at 120 stations. The project announced by Thales on November 16 supports the ...

  • Ticket reader
    Rail Business UK

    National Rail pay-as-you-go ticketing technology plan

    2023-11-08T04:00:00Z

    UK: The Rail Delivery Group is looking at options to procure technology to support future regional and national implementation of pay-as-you-go ticketing. RDG manages various technical systems on behalf of all train operators, and is undertaking market sounding for a proposed Tap Converter Service. Train operators ...

  • Trieste Glimble
    Metro Report International

    Glimble MaaS app launches in Trieste

    2023-11-02T05:00:00Z

    ITALY: Arriva has begun offering its Glimble mobility-as-a-service platform in Trieste, covering buses, boats, bike sharing and on-demand services. ‘We want to encourage people to view buses, bikes and other modes of transport as a single network rather than separate services’, explained Angelo Costa, Managing Director ...

  • Twickenham station ticket office
    Rail Business UK

    Ticket office closure proposals scrapped after passenger watchdogs object

    2023-10-31T12:25:00Z

    UK: The government has asked train operators to withdraw proposals to close most station ticket offices in England, after watchdog bodies Transport Focus and London TravelWatch formally objected. Announcing the decision on October 31, Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the government would ‘continue our work to ...

  • Masabi open payment (Photo Masabi)
    Metro Report International

    Ticketing collaboration aims to simplify deployment

    2023-10-30T05:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: Ticketing technology supplier Masabi and payments processing company Worldpay are collaborating to supply off-the-shelf EMV payment systems that can be easily implemented and operated by public transport agencies large and small. Operators can start by enabling open payments, and then upgrade to other modules of ...