The Anonymous Widower

Manchester Metrolink’s E-Ticketing

Manchester tram system, Metrolink, is introducing electronic ticketing. This is one of their trial readers.

Manchester Metrolink’s E-Ticketing

The system is called Get Me There and from what I can find, it will be on another different system to London’s Oyster.

As Oyster is being modified to accept contactless bank cards, I would hope that Manchester will do the same.

As we are still a united kingdom, surely we need a set of ticketing rules that are the same across the country.

First amongst these rules is that all ticketing systems for public transport must work with contactless bank cards.  Surely, the lack of any major opposition to the abolishing of cash on London’s buses, is proof that London has got their offering right. In two years or so, no visitor to London with a contactless bank card will need to buy a ticket.

This surely is a great attraction to all visitors to a city.

The next step in London, may well be that if you are over the requisite age, you can nominate a bank card to be your Freedom Pass, thus cutting the number of cards people have to carry.

April 9, 2014 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Contactless Ticketing, Manchester Metrolink