Nottingham begins rollout of multi-operator contactless ticketing system

Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has become the first transportation operator in the UK city to roll out a multi-operator ticketing system that lets passengers use open-loop debit and credit cards and NFC mobile phones to pay for fares across multiple transportation operators.

The system automatically calculates the best fare for a customer based on their journeys each day, with customers travelling around Nottingham guaranteed never to pay more than the NCT all-day-ticket price. When leaving the bus, there’s no need to tap off, either.

Community bus service CT4N is set to go live on the platform later this year. The Nottingham Express Transit tram network will then follow in early 2021.