smart ticketing for traveline conference
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Tobyn Hughes of Nexus.TRANSCRIPT
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Smart Ticketing in the North EastTobyn Hughes
Director of Customer Services, Nexus21 September 2011
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Agenda
• NESTI• Smart deliverables• Implications for information delivery
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Three inter-related projects
NESTI Smart
Infrastructure
NexusSmart
products
Metro Ticket
Machines Barriers
Validators
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• Objective: To transform the way customers buy and use public transport tickets by developing an ITSO smart ticketing infrastructure across the North East of England
What is NESTI?
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• Collaboration between the 12 Local Authorities in the North East and Tyne & Wear Integrated Transport Authority
• Delivered by TW ITA and Nexusworking with localtransport operators
NESTI partners
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• £10 million from NESTI Local Authorities
• £2.2 million DfT Smart & Integrated Ticketing Grant
• £15 million Metro Ticketing & Gating Major Scheme plus local contribution and Metro Rail Grant
• Bus operator investment in ticketing equipment and systems
NESTI funding
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HOPS
Bus ticket machines
Gates &validators
Metro ticket machines Website
Stored TravelRights
Smart Ticketing deliverables
Smart productrange
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HOPS
• Smart back office (HOPS) installed and available for use across NESTI
• Enables Concessionary Travel Journeys to be recorded and analysed
• Status: Procured; currently under test
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• Nexus smartcard
• U16 concession converted
• Metro products to be converted shortly
• Will carry ITSO Stored Travel Rights (STR)
• Vehicle for other integrated smart products
• Bus operators developing own smartcards and products
Pop card
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• New ticket machines at all 60 Metro stations
• Pay by debit/credit card and banknotes
• Machines can update smartcards
• First machine to be trialled this month, roll-out thereafter
• New smart station ticket machines during 2012
Metro ticket machines
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• Metro gates and validators installed
• Smartcard customers ‘tag in and out’ on Metro
• Installation to commence during Winter 2011; “switch on” Spring 2012
Metro gates and validators
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ETM implementation complete
ETM implementation complete
ETM implementation underway
• Grant funding arrangement between NESTI and bus operators to assist with purchase of smart Electronic Ticket Machines (ETMs):
Procurement underway
Smaller Operators
Smart buses
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• New website allows new smartcards to be ordered online
• Season tickets renewed online
• Direct debit and auto top-up
• Customer account management options
• Go Live Summer 2012
Internet retailing
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• Will be accepted by all operators involved in NESTI
• Available on Pop card; other smart card carriers possible
• Fare capping on Metro, no capping on other operators
• Target live date Summer 2012• In future could be used to pay
for non-transport purchases
Stored Travel Rights
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• Continuation of the trend for greater online information provision
• More opportunities to link between online information sources
• Call centres likely to be customer contact points for info and ticketing
• Apps developers likely to make further functionality linkages
• Single source of cross-operator fare data remains more elusive
Implications for information delivery
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HOPS
Bus ticket machines
Gates &validators
Metro ticket machines Website
Stored TravelRights
Questions?
Smart productrange