New Nottingham Contactless multi operator payment system starts

[WesternLancer]

Enthusiastic press release here -

Welcome to ‘Nottingham Contactless’ – the cashless, effortless way to pay for travel in Nottingham – My Nottingham News

www.mynottinghamnews.co.uk

and info here

Nottingham Contactless

nottinghamcontactless.co.uk

But makes no mention of Trent Barton, so I presume does not work on their buses - might have been handy to actually point that out, or explain why not.

Which with the daily cap seemingly the same as the cap on the Robin Hood Smart card (at £5.60) - which is accepted on Trent Barton buses it would seem better not to use it unless you can be certain you are not going to need to use a Trent Barton bus on your travel on the day in question - which on some routes / axes where they are common might be unlikely.

Robin Hood smart card prices:

» Pay As You Go Cards

robinhoodnetwork.co.uk

I assume this is a tech problem they have been unable to overcome ahead of roll out. Lets hope it can cover Trent Barton at a later date.

Also presumably does not work on trains in the Nottingham City area, but then neither does the Robin Hood Smart Card.

 

[station_road]

The page you linked to above does say this

The City Council is working with the DfT and regional partners including Transport for the West Midlands and Midlands Connect to integrate all operators including trentbarton and train operating companies.

Looking at the Nottingham City Transport website at https://www.nctx.co.uk/contactless there is a strange anomaly which seems to be because they only do touch on (not touch off) - tickets from some places may be cheaper if you buy a single/return ticket using contactless rather than tapping on as it assumes you are travelling the full journey. I have only ever seen that before in Hong Kong many years ago!

 

[ChrisC]

Enthusiastic press release here -

Welcome to ‘Nottingham Contactless’ – the cashless, effortless way to pay for travel in Nottingham – My Nottingham News

www.mynottinghamnews.co.uk

and info here

Nottingham Contactless

nottinghamcontactless.co.uk

But makes no mention of Trent Barton, so I presume does not work on their buses - might have been handy to actually point that out, or explain why not.

Which with the daily cap seemingly the same as the cap on the Robin Hood Smart card (at £5.60) - which is accepted on Trent Barton buses it would seem better not to use it unless you can be certain you are not going to need to use a Trent Barton bus on your travel on the day in question - which on some routes / axes where they are common might be unlikely.

Robin Hood smart card prices:

» Pay As You Go Cards

robinhoodnetwork.co.uk

I assume this is a tech problem they have been unable to overcome ahead of roll out. Lets hope it can cover Trent Barton at a later date.

Also presumably does not work on trains in the Nottingham City area, but then neither does the Robin Hood Smart Card.

I’m no expert on how these systems work but is it connected with the fact that Trent Barton already have their own network wide contactless caps. For example if I travel into Nottingham on Trent Barton from the village where I live, well outside the city boundary, there is already a higher contactless daily cap of £6.60 or around £10.50 if travelling before 9.00am. Would there be a conflict between the 2 systems?

 

[WesternLancer]

The page you linked to above does say this



Looking at the Nottingham City Transport website at https://www.nctx.co.uk/contactless there is a strange anomaly which seems to be because they only do touch on (not touch off) - tickets from some places may be cheaper if you buy a single/return ticket using contactless rather than tapping on as it assumes you are travelling the full journey. I have only ever seen that before in Hong Kong many years ago!

ah - thanks - I did not spot that bit.