TfN’s Connected Mobility Hub offers joined-up service

Improved ticketing and fare offers could be a little nearer, following the launch of a support service for the North’s non-mayoral local authorities.

Transport for the North’s Connected Mobility Hub will provide local transport authorities (LTAs) with specialist support so that they can develop and deliver new ticketing initiatives and prepare for contactless capping.

“Smarter and more connected journeys for passengers is a shared ambition for many of the North’s transport authorities who want to offer a slicker, fairer and more joined-up ticketing service. What we are offering is shared expertise,” said TfN Head of Digital Strategy Matt Smallwood.

The initiative is a “significant step” towards a public transport network in the North that can offer capped contactless fares, multimodal tickets, and realtime information systems “that make travel across the North as painless as it is in places like London”, said TfN.

The body has secured a year’s funding from the Department for Transport to help launch the Connected Mobility Hub service, which will provide support for at least five key projects over the next 12 months.

The Hub will also offer ‘clear and authoritative’ guidance to help the North’s LTAs upskill their local resources and encourage a more standardised approach to technological deployments.