Cubic mobile ticketing app completes 10 million sales in Germany

German transport provider Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV), which launched the Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) mobile ticketing app in 2010, has now sold 10 million tickets through the app. Cubic has operated the mobile ticketing system for RMV since launch and continues to work with its customer to incorporate new features. RMV provides bus and train services for an annual passenger count of 727 million. According to Professor Knut Ringat, managing director of RMV, its mobile ticketing is the most succe
May 25, 2017 Read time: 1 min
German transport provider Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV), which launched the 378 Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) mobile ticketing app in 2010, has now sold 10 million tickets through the app.


Cubic has operated the mobile ticketing system for RMV since launch and continues to work with its customer to incorporate new features. RMV provides bus and train services for an annual passenger count of 727 million.

According to Professor Knut Ringat, managing director of RMV, its mobile ticketing is the most successful in Germany. As part of the growth potential for mobile ticketing, RMV and Cubic are also testing a new fare product that is based on distance travelled. The project, called RMV-smart, is a three-year pilot with 20,000 test users.

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