Contactless payment technology available for Edinburgh’s Trams

Parkeon Transportations has upgraded 51 Edinburgh Trams ticketing terminals to accept contactless debit and credit cards, along with Apple Pay and Android Pay on mobile devices with the intention of enabling commuters to purchase tickets easier and quicker. It has reached 50% of all terminal-based transactions in the first two weeks.
January 31, 2018 Read time: 2 mins
251 Parkeon Transportations has upgraded 51 Edinburgh Trams ticketing terminals to accept contactless debit and credit cards, along with Apple Pay and Android Pay on mobile devices with the intention of enabling commuters to purchase tickets easier and quicker. It has reached 50% of all terminal-based transactions in the first two weeks.

 
The technology allows users to select their ticket and touch a target with their card or mobile device.

Lea Harrison, Edinburgh Trams managing director, explained: “Initial trials of the technology at selected stops proved a real hit with customers, who no longer have to dig in their wallet or purse for loose change or stand around entering their PIN. We’re delighted that this quick and easy payment method is now available at all stops, and it’s really speeding up the process of buying a ticket for our customers before they board a tram.”

“The feedback we’ve had so far suggests more people are moving away from ‘chip and PIN’, and they’re finding contactless is now the fastest and most convenient way to pay,” Lea added.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • The free and open internet is dead
    June 25, 2018
    A key US vote may have changed what internet service providers are allowed to charge and how they restrict content: Joe Dysart explains why this has consequences for ITS companies. While most people were rushing around last December, grabbing last-minute gifts for the holidays, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to drive a stake into the heart of the free and open internet. In a majority vote, the agency killed ‘net neutrality’ - a policy that has prevented your regional internet service
    Read More
  • Two wheels good
    June 25, 2018
    As cycling becomes an increasingly popular method for commuting and recreation, what moves are afoot to keep the growing numbers of cyclists safe on ever-more-busy roads? Alan Dron puts on his helmet and pedals off to look. It would have seemed incredible just a decade ago, but cycling in London has become almost unfeasibly popular. The Transport for London (TfL) June 2017 Strategic Cycling Analysis document noted there were now 670,000 cycle trips a day in the UK capital, an increase of 130% since 2000.
    Read More
  • Getting to the point
    September 4, 2018
    Cars are starting to learn to understand the language of pointing – something that our closest relative, the chimpanzee, cannot do. And such image recognition technology has profound mobility implications, says Nils Lenke Pointing at objects – be it with language, using gaze, gestures or eyes only – is a very human ability. However, recent advances in technology have enabled smart, multimodal assistants - including those found in cars - to action similar pointing capabilities and replicate these human qual
    Read More
  • SolTrans deepens ties with Transit 
    December 29, 2021
    Public transport riders in California are aided by real-time ETAs, trip planning and navigation
    Read More

Highlighted Content