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Transit Ticketing Today

Stockholm rolls out contactless ticketing payments

By Tom Phillips • 25 February 2021 • Updated 25 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Contactless ticketing payment on Stockholm SL transit system

Passengers using public transport across the Swedish capital of Stockholm can now make tokenized contactless payments for single adult fares on metro, rail, bus, tram and boat services by tapping their debit or credit card or smartphone at a ticket reader... More


Transit Ticketing Today

MTR rolls out QR code ticketing in Hong Kong

By Tom Phillips • 5 January 2021 • Updated 5 January 2021 • nfcw.com
MTR Hong Kong QR code ticketing gates

Passengers using Hong Kong’s Mass Transit Railway (MTR) will soon be able to travel on the system’s heavy rail network by generating a single-use QR code ticket on their mobile phone that they can scan at station turnstiles... More


Transit Ticketing Today

RTD Denver lets passengers buy tickets from within their Lyft app

By Tom Phillips • 3 December 2020 • Updated 3 December 2020 • nfcw.com
Lyft ride sharing app with RTD Denver ticketing

Passengers using Regional Transportation District (RTD) transit services in the Denver metro region of the USA will soon be able to plan their journeys and buy tickets from directly within the Lyft ridesharing app... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Capital Metro pilots fare-capping service on transit app

By Tom Phillips • 23 November 2020 • Updated 23 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Capital Matro cash to travel app graphic

Passengers on a low income using Capital Metro bus and rail services in the US city of Austin, Texas, can now apply to join a pilot scheme for a fare-capping service integrated with the transport operator’s CapMetro transit app... More


Transit Ticketing Today

JR East to offer extra loyalty points to transit card users travelling off-peak

By Tom Phillips • 11 November 2020 • Updated 11 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Suica transit card Japan

Commuters on JR East train services in the Tokyo metropolitan area who pay for their tickets using a commuter pass stored on their Suica transit card will receive additional JRE loyalty points for travelling outside peak times from March 2021... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Nottingham begins rollout of multi-operator contactless ticketing system

By Tom Phillips • 10 November 2020 • Updated 10 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Contactless card used on Nottingham Contactless system

Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has become the first transportation operator in the UK city to roll out Nottingham Contactless, a multi-operator ticketing system that lets passengers use open-loop debit and credit cards and NFC mobile phones to pay for fares across multiple transportation operators... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Nottingham adds NFC top ups to Robin Hood transit card

By Tom Phillips • 9 November 2020 • Updated 9 November 2020 • nfcw.com
Robin Hood Ticketing app for NFC mobile top ups

Public transport users in Nottingham, UK, can now buy credit or an extension to their season ticket with their NFC mobile phone and then transfer it to their multi-operator Robin Hood transit card by simply tapping their card to their NFC device... More


Transit Ticketing Today

CTA adds support for Apple Pay Express Transit for tap-and-go fare payments in Chicago

By Tom Phillips • 27 October 2020 • Updated 27 October 2020 • nfcw.com
CTA Ventra card Apple Pay Express Transit Mode

Passengers on Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus and train services can now use their iPhone or Apple Watch to make tap-and-go fare payments via Apple Pay’s Express Transit mode by uploading the authority’s Ventra transit card to their Apple Wallet... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Renfe to roll out contactless ticketing across Spain’s suburban rail network

By Tom Phillips • 6 October 2020 • Updated 6 October 2020 • nfcw.com
Contactless card being used on Renfe travel network

Passengers using suburban rail services in Spain’s 12 largest metropolitan areas will soon be able to use their physical or digital contactless bank card to pay for their fares on EMV readers installed in station turnstiles... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Transport for West Midlands unveils plans for regional smart ticketing system

By Tom Phillips • 2 October 2020 • Updated 2 October 2020 • nfcw.com
Swift pay as you go for travel on public transport in the West Midlands

Public transportation users in the West Midlands will be able to use a new ‘tap and cap’ smart ticketing platform to make contactless payments for their journeys across the UK region’s entire rail, bus and tram network by 2022, according to plans revealed by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM)... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Bonn begins rollout of contactless NFC ticketing

By Tom Phillips • 17 September 2020 • Updated 17 September 2020 • nfcw.com
Bonnsmart contactless ticketing on a bus

Public transport users in Bonn, Germany, can now make contactless payments for their fares on two key transit routes in the city using their smartphone, smartwatch or contactless debit or credit card as part of a citywide rollout of open loop contactless ticketing... More


Transit Ticketing Today

LA Metro lets passengers add TAP transit cards to Apple Wallet

By Tom Phillips • 4 September 2020 • Updated 4 September 2020 • nfcw.com
LA Metro TAP card and Apple Pay

Public transport users in Los Angeles in the US can now add their TAP transit card to their iPhone or Apple Watch, enabling them to pay their fares on the LA Metro and 25 other TAP-supporting transit agencies across LA County simply by holding their device near a TAP reader... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Indian banks to add transit ticketing to mobile banking apps

By Tom Phillips • 21 August 2020 • Updated 21 August 2020 • nfcw.com
Nuclei logo

Bank customers in India will soon be able to book, pay for and receive railway e-tickets for use on their mobile device through their mobile banking app... More


Transit Ticketing Today

STIB switches on contactless payments across Brussels

By Sarah Clark • 7 July 2020 • Updated 7 July 2020 • nfcw.com
STIB CEO Brieuc de Meeûs using Mobib contactless system

Public transportation users in Brussels can now use their contactless bank card, NFC mobile phone or smart watch to pay for their fares on any of the city’s bus, tram and metro services... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Eurostar to let international train passengers use biometrics to replace physical tickets and passport checks

By Sarah Clark • 24 June 2020 • Updated 29 June 2020 • nfcw.com
Eurostar trains at St Pancras International London

Rail passengers using Eurostar services to travel between London and continental Europe are set to be the first to use a new face verification system to board their train “without showing a ticket or passport”... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Costa Rica to introduce national NFC and QR transit ticketing system

By Sarah Clark • 7 May 2020 • nfcw.com
Diagram showing how Costa Rica's SPETP travel and ticketing system works

Costa Rica has announced plans to implement a national, multimodal transit ticketing infrastructure that includes support for both QR mobile payments and EMV contactless cards and devices... More


Transit Ticketing Today

MBTA redesigns its new ticketing system ‘to adapt to future needs’

By Sarah Clark • 29 April 2020 • nfcw.com
Woman using MBTA transit ticketing system

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is to spend an additional US$212.1m on its new transit ticketing infrastructure, to enable support for a range of new options including the ability to integrate ferry and local rail services and to charge riders different fares depending on the time of day they travel... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Juniper: Mobility-as-a-Service revenues to exceed $52bn by 2027

By Sarah Clark • 7 April 2020 • nfcw.com
Juniper Research

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic “will restrict the growth of MaaS platforms in 2020”, a new forecast from Juniper Research predicts, but MaaS initiatives “will rebound quickly in 2021 as cities re-evaluate their transport strategies”... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Metlink bans cash payments for transit tickets

By Sarah Clark • 23 March 2020 • Updated 23 March 2020 • nfcw.com
Man using contactless card to board MetLink New Zealand bus

Metlink, the transportation agency for the Greater Wellington region of New Zealand, has ceased accepting cash payments on all buses, trains, ferries and stations “to stay one step ahead of Covid-19 and give our passengers and staff more peace of mind”... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Helsinki Regional Transport begins contactless payments rollout

By Sarah Clark • 9 March 2020 • Updated 11 March 2020 • nfcw.com
Helsinki Regional Transport bus contactless pilot

Helsinki Regional Transport has begun the rollout of EMV contactless payments across the Finnish capital’s rail, bus and ferry network... More


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