"We recognised SPT’s strong commitment to introduce smart ticketing and realised they needed an international supplier who could deliver a high quality smart ticket to specification and for a competitive price," said Kevin Farquharson from Smartran, Confidex’s Partner in the UK. "Low cost media has been part of the ITSO (national standard for smart ticketing in UK) specification from the outset, but has received limited attention as operators and authorities concentrated on concessions and period passes. In contrast many schemes in Europe, North America and across the world rely on low cost smart tickets to reduce fraud and speed passengers through their networks. We worked with Confidex to ensure they met or exceeded all of SPT’s expectations."
Eric Stewart, SPT assistant chief executive, added: "A key part of SPT’s Subway modernisation work is a move away from traditional paper tickets to a smartcard system and we intend to roll out the technology across our 15 stations later this year."
