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Transport for West Midlands unveils plans for regional smart ticketing system • NFCW

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By Tom Phillips[2] • • Updated • nfcw.com[3]

Swift pay as you go for travel on public transport in the West MidlandsSwift pay as you go for travel on public transport in the West Midlands
Public transportation users in the West Midlands will be able to use a new ‘tap and cap’ smart ticketing platform to make contactless payments for their journeys across the UK region’s entire rail, bus and tram network by 2022, according to plans revealed by Transport for West Midlands[4] (TfWM).

“While smart ticketing initiatives exist in some form in Nottingham, via the Robin Hood travel card, and in parts of the West Midlands via Swift[5], the UK’s second-biggest public transport payment system after London’s Oyster scheme, this new platform would be the first to function at a Midlands-wide level, and encompass all public transport operators,” says TfWM, the transport authority leading the development process.

The platform will use Swift transit card payment technologies and “could also be adapted to include emerging transport modes such as electric bike hire and the rental of e-scooters”. Travel passes, bank cards and smartphones will all be supported.

Payments could also be capped “at a daily or weekly limit, enhancing value for money for those travelling across

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