Andrew Sutherland

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Key Takeaway:

The UK government is planning to trial GPS mobile ticketing at certain rail stations. A spokesperson told Mobility Payments the project is not a signal that transport officials are backing off of open-loop payments in any way.

Key Data:

Cumulative trips for Denmark’s (GPS-enabled) “Rejsekort as an app” service climbed from 5 million as of last December to 13.3 million as of last week.

Organizations Mentioned:

• Department for Transport
• Transport for London
• ScotRail

While mobile ticketing using GPS technology is advancing in such countries as Denmark, Switzerland and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere in Western Europe, it hasn’t yet been rolled out in the UK.

British transport authorities and operators have instead backed open-loop payments and pay-as-you-go ticketing for pretty much all transport modes, including­–most recently–ticketing for intercity and commuter rail.

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