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The first to be introduced was Doncaster's Clever Buses in August 2020, utilising eight acquired Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse Urban buses on the 66 route in Doncaster, with the 'clever' aspect of the name referencing new contactless payment systems that were being introduced across the fleet. [18]
12 December 2008: trial on four Geelong bus routes. March–May 2009: introduced on major regional city bus services. 29 December 2009: valid for travel in Melbourne. 29 December 2012: metropolitan roll-out complete. June/July 2013: became valid for travel on regional "commuter" train services.
A First Glasgow Volvo Ailsa B55 in Bridgeton in 2005. First Glasgow was created through FirstGroup's buyout of Strathclyde Buses (created from the former Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive bus fleet, formerly the municipal Glasgow Corporation Transport), which had itself recently bought out the former Kelvin Central Buses (an amalgamation of Kelvin Scottish and Central Scottish ...
Other operator smartcards for pay-as-you-go For period passes For pay-as-you-go For purchasing tickets For pay-as-you-go StagecoachSmart card Go-Ahead smartcard First Touch smartcard Arriva Connect smartcard Other operator smartcards England Bedfordshire: Cygnet (Bedford) [1] Arriva [2] Stagecoach [3] Thameslink Yes [4] Thameslink (The Key) Yes [5]
EMV contactless symbol used on compatible payment terminals. EMV stands for "Europay, Mastercard, and Visa", the three companies that created the standard.Contactless payment systems are credit cards and debit cards, key fobs, smart cards, or other devices, including smartphones and other mobile devices, that use radio-frequency identification (RFID) or near-field communication (NFC) for ...
Contactless smart cards for public transport Metro Vancouver: Compass Card: Contactless smart cards for all modes of public transit in the Metro Vancouver Regional District Moscow: Troika card: Contactless smart cards for public transport Singapore: EZ-Link: Supports the broadest number of modes, including tolls Tbilisi: MetroMoney
A line-up of First Great Western trains at Plymouth in 2018. During December 1997, the company was renamed FirstGroup. [2] This change was due to the company's entry in February 1996 into Britain's recently privatised railways, having a 24.5% shareholding in Great Western Holdings that won the Great Western and North Western franchises, and a 100% shareholding in First Great Eastern that ran ...
Many current routes operate under former streetcar routes. The streetcars provided the main transportation in the Maryland area from the 1800s to the 1960s. [3] Two separate companies, Washington, Virginia and Maryland Coach Company (WV&M), and the Washington Marlboro and Annapolis Motor Lines (WM&A) would also operate on the former streetcar routes and provide service to parts of MD when the ...