MPTE Walrus Smart Card

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RE: MPTE Walrus Smart Card

(13/10/2015 11:39)Barney Wrote:  Resorting to paper tickets is never going to happen as, in so many aspects of life, technology IS the way forward. How many of us would give up our smart phones or ipads and start buying/relying on newspapers or books to service our needs? No, the fundamental problem is cost. Last week I read that London receives 24 times the amount of public money than the north west does for public transport initiatives. Merseytravel has a very limited budget and has to live within it, unlike TfL.

I echo Barney's comments, Smart Ticketing is the way forward. Love it or loath it is here to stay (until mobile ticketing is fully developed anyway).

Having just done a months trial of the Solo for Merseytravel, the Wayfarer ticket machines take way too long to clip the ticket when boarding.