Nevis Technologies Surpasses 100,000 Smart Card Milestone for the Glasgow Subway
June 01 2016 - 4:00AM
Business Wire
Convenience, ease of use, and security are
driving passengers’ adoption of smart ticketing
Nevis Technologies today announced that it has issued more than
100,000 Bramble smartcards to travellers of the Glasgow Subway,
which are designed to securely store tickets and travel data for
pay-as-you-go journeys. A joint venture between Strathclyde
Partnership for Transport (SPT), Scotland’s largest regional
transport partnership, and Ecebs, a leader in smart technology for
transportation recently acquired by Rambus, Nevis Technologies was
formed to deliver secure, integrated smart ticketing to
Scotland.
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A Journey to the Future - How Smart
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“The future of transport will rely more on smart integrated
ticketing as our customers demand more convenience and ease of
travel,” said Eric Stewart, SPT assistant chief executive. “Public
transport operators are looking to work together to ensure journeys
become as easy and simple as possible for passengers, and
increasing the adoption of smart technology is key to achieving
this.”
The Bramble smartcard is designed for use across multiple
transportation systems and is compliant with the UK interoperable
open standard known as ITSO. It replaces paper tickets and tokens
to enable public transportation systems to offer convenience and
ease-of-travel to their passengers. The smart ticketing system
includes a back office Host Operating or Processor System (HOPS)
delivered by Ecebs, card management system (CMS) and Bramble
smartcards.
“Our vision is to extend the use of ‘Bramble’ across multiple
operators and multiple modes of transport,” said David Braddock,
director of Nevis Technologies. “These cards are particularly
suited for this and an e-purse for pay-as-you-go travel.”
The Nevis Technologies system was introduced on the Glasgow
Subway in 2013 as part of the £300m modernization programme in
advance of the Commonwealth Games in 2014. In 2015, Nevis
Technologies was appointed by Dutch train operator Abellio to
provide the smart ticketing system across the ScotRail franchise.
Currently, more than 93 million passenger journeys are taken a year
on ScotRail services and some 13 million passenger journeys were
taken on the Glasgow Subway in 2014 and 2015.
See more details on how Smart Ticketing is changing the way we
travel.
About Nevis Technologies
Nevis Technologies is the joint venture partnership between
Ecebs, the East Kilbride-based smart technology company recently
acquired by Rambus,Inc., and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
(SPT). Together the organizations serve as the delivery agent for
smart integrated ticketing, bringing a depth of expertise from both
the transport and smart technology industries. The flexibility of
the smart technology delivered via Nevis Technologies enables a
wider vision to deliver greater convenience to passengers through
the deployment of interoperable ticketing. For more information,
please visit www.ecebs.com.
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