Take coins onto the bus? I want to tap and go!

It looks like contactless PayPass - which Stagecoach Merseyside is trialling - may overtake the long promised smartcard revolution, says Philip Higgs. Linked directly to debit or credit cards, it benefits industry and customer

For all my professional life in the transport industry there has been talk of the smartcard revolution which, outside of London, has not really happened. Now, just as local authorities have issued millions of smartcard compatible concessionary fare passes, it looks like it could be rapidly overtaken by PayPass.

A year-long trial on Stagecoach routes in Merseyside will permit debit and credit card payments for on-board fares using PayPass. If successful, and I personally think there is little...

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