On Friday, 27 June 2014 15:06:22 UTC+1, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at

06:26:30 on Fri, 27 Jun 2014, Matthew Dickinson

remarked:

It looks like National Express Essex Thameside plan to roll out CPC ticketing across their network



http://nationalexpressgroup.com/medi...?newsitem=1355



"Smart ticketing across the route from day one, with route-wide contactless payment rolled out in 2017."



They are the DfT's chosen pilot for ITSO, so I expect the contactless

payment will be from your ITSO wallet, not your credit card.



ie CPC= Contactless Payment Card, not Contactless Credit Card



It barely qualifies for the term "network" though, having just one

point-to-point line with a loop via Greys. Which also explains why they

have good performance figures. No pesky late-running cross-country

trains from Bristol to Edinburgh competing for their assets.



ps: "Passengers given a new right to be sold the cheapest ticket for any

c2c journey and compensation if they are not."



Isn't this the case already?? Or is it in fact a right to be sold the

cheapest ticket, but no redress if you aren't.



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Roland Perry

ITSO on c2c is available now , so the 2017 rollout must refer to either payment at ticket offices, or a similar scheme to TfL.