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In November 2022, First Cymru simplified its "Tap On-Tap Off" fare capping service in Bridgend County Borough where adult customer fares would be calculated based on the direct distance travelled by the customer. [18] On 11 February 2023, the Welsh Government's Bus Emergency Scheme was extended for three months until June 2023.
Contactless payments were first made available in November 2018 as a method for payment, [32] and in September 2019, the company piloted the first tap-on, tap-off contactless scheme in the UK alongside its sister company, Metrobus, with aims to improve boarding times and make travelling convenient.
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 ...
Select Bus Service (SBS; stylized as + select busservice) is a service provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s Regional Bus Operations for limited-stop bus routes with some bus rapid transit features in New York City. The first SBS route was implemented in 2008 to improve speed and reliability on long, busy corridors.
Pilot November 2006, [89] roll-out to all bus services 2008 – 2009 Scotrail Smartcard [90] ScotRail: 2018 South East England: The Key: Southern, Govia Thameslink Railway, Southeastern: Rollout started November 2011 [91] Includes paper ticketing replacements (one off and season tickets) as well as a pay-as-you-go system called keyGo.
The "Eclipse" was later given Tap-on Tap-off technology which is compatible with contactless payment card methods. [ 4 ] In 2017, the Hampshire County Council announced plans to extend the busway further south. £1.4m was secured in partnership with Portsmouth City Council in March 2019 and later the same year, planning permission was granted ...
In the original full tap-in/tap-out design, a multi-zone bus trip could be completed for a single zone fare by tapping out within the first zone of travel but remaining on the bus. This fault was not publicly acknowledged by the administration until system testing in September 2013. [63]
Bus stops within the CBD also became PrePay only bus stops on 22 June 2009. [5] State Transit also introduced its first PrePay only service 333 in October 2006 between Circular Quay and Bondi Beach. [6] Similar to PrePay only bus stops, cash was not accepted but expanded to any bus stop along the route and during any time of the day.