Transport: Smartcard Ticketing

House of Lords written question – answered at on 9 July 2007.

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Photo of Lord Berkeley Lord Berkeley Labour

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they intend to enable smartcard bus concession passes in England to be capable of use for paid-for tickets for other smartcard-enabled services, including rail.

Photo of Lord Bassam of Brighton Lord Bassam of Brighton Government Whip, Government Whip

The Department for Transport's preferred option, subject to consultation and discussions with suppliers, is to require that the English national concessionary travel pass must be an ITSO-compliant smartcard. It would be possible to load other ITSO products on these smartcards. These products could include prepaid tickets for other services that used ITSO smartcard readers.

The Government have specified the introduction of ITSO smartcard ticketing in the South West Trains franchise, in the newly awarded East Midlands and West Midlands franchises and the specifications for the Cross Country and the InterCity East Coast franchises.

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