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Smartcards cut cost of Scottish concessionary fares scheme

12 November 2010
 

Smartcards have significantly reduced the cost to taxpayers of Scotland’s concessionary fares scheme by improving the accuracy of reimbursement, according to Transport Scotland.

Gordon Hanning, head of Transport Scotland’s concessionary travel and integrated ticketing unit,  pointed to data showing a fall in the number of concessionary passholder journeys as smartcard deployment increased. He said the suspicion was that the two trends were connected.

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