Init wins National Express ticketing contract

German ticketing specialist Init is expanding its presence in the Midlands region of the UK with the award of a contract by National Express West Midlands for the supply and installation of a ticketing system. The company also supplies transport operators in and around Nottingham and Derby with ticketing and fare management systems. Init will equip 1,600 National Express West Midlands buses with driver consoles, on-board computers, ticket printers and EMV and ITSO-certified validators, as well as service
July 8, 2016 Read time: 1 min
German ticketing specialist Init is expanding its presence in the Midlands region of the UK with the award of a contract by National Express West Midlands for the supply and installation of a ticketing system. The company also supplies transport operators in and around Nottingham and Derby with ticketing and fare management systems.

Init will equip 1,600 National Express West Midlands buses with driver consoles, on-board computers, ticket printers and EMV and ITSO-certified validators, as well as service provision via a hosted back-office system. In addition to fast ITSO card-based transactions the solution enables the use of contactless bank cards for ticket payments.

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