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Back in July the West Midlands Combined Authority agreed a £13.4m drawdown of their City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement to progress the creation of a cEMV broker that non-London local authorities across England can eventually utilise for their various planned multi-operator contactless...

Rail Delivery Group recently issued a preliminary market engagement notice in relation to the Tap Converter service. Tracsis won the contract to supply it six months ago and work is already underway to add, for instance, certain rail routes to the Manchester-centric (Bee Network) PAYG area next...

The Oxford Clarion have their say on the upcoming Oxford - Milton Keynes service: https://oxfordclarion.uk/the-08-44-to-milton-keynes-has-been-delayed-by-several-months/

Had an interesting encounter with a familiar Grant Palmer driver on the Jo recently. Ticketer electronic ticket machines (ETMs) still aren't configured for Leagrave PlusBus eTicket validation; he refused similar tickets after failed scans on two previous occasions (for Luton / Luton Airport...

This may be of use to intra-Cambridge passengers for a limited period of time. Sources: Cambridge / Cambridge North PlusBus pages

Said devices are generally indicative of a Tap On / Tap Off scheme. However their websites make no mention of it and I didn't see any such transactions yesterday, so either a TOTO zone will be introduced there in future or the readers are there for another purpose, whatever that is.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/your-chance-to-try-simpler-train-tickets-in-yorkshire-and-the-east-midlands-this-september Those interested in participating can access the links below: https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/payg https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/tickets/pay-as-you-go...

https://press.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/east-west-rail-services-planned-to-begin-this-year-as-chiltern-railways-named-operator

At least it does on iOS, with version 2.0.0 released on 13 January. Android users will have to wait a bit longer. https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2025/january/keep-tabs-on-your-fares-and-journey-history-with-tfl-go-app

The rail/coach travel desk at Luton Airport has been moved closer to the arrivals waiting area and the S&B ticket vending machines have been replaced with Worldline/Evoke versions, with another installed to join two existing W/E machines at the DART station. In addition the terminal-end gateline...

The Redhill / Quarry lines and branches to Reigate / Tonbridge / Caterham / Tattenham Corner will close for engineering works on Sunday, so no Gatwick Express service. London passengers will have the choice of a Southern 2tph Victoria-Gatwick service via Epsom and Horsham (calling at Clapham...

According to TfL's map (halfway down the linked page) their short portion of Sanderson Road is within the ULEZ. It's the sole access point for motor vehicles to Uxbridge Business Park, which is right across the boundary in Bucks, so I'm wondering why - assuming the map is correct - it's not...

New website (another Passenger design) is now up. Arriva will hand over the keys on 10 November. https://www.kent-fastrack.co.uk/

TfGM presser and fare chart below. https://news.tfgm.com/press-releases/fbbe7a58-e167-4e64-a82d-1a378ba8f04e/date-set-for-bee-network-s-move-to-a-london-style-touch-in-touch-out-payment-system

https://www.intalink.org.uk/CATCHBUS24 3 Oct update: Unsurprisingly, all the free tickets have already been taken. 4 Oct update: Or so I thought - a 404 error appeared on the page yesterday, but it's now back up!

I'll start off with Sullivan Buses. I've travelled with a considerable number of operators across Hertfordshire and the surrounding counties, and so far I've not come across another operator whose buses are equipped as such.

Limited stop route 701 will operate between Maidstone and Bluewater every day between 1 and 31 August. There are no stops between Bluewater and the petrol station in Ringlestone - the suburb, not the hamlet - so if you like the 700 for its use of the motorway-in-all-but-name A2*, you'll love the...

I was searching for something else and came across this PDF (link) by happenstance. It's marked as a draft and lists a bunch of existing and "new" bus routes across the Chilterns and Thames Valley; no idea who compiled it (could be a random individual for all I know), but I can tell by some of...

I'm not sure if this is a recent development, but contactless PAYG caps for journeys to/from stations beyond the zones are now listed on the National Rail site, including stations that TfL have overlooked for some time (link for comparison)...

It's been noted on this forum quite a few times now, so I figured it merited its own thread now that Route One have published an article on the topic. https://www.route-one.net/bus/fuel-supply-brings-challenges-for-more-hydrogen-bus-deployment/