Paper tickets ditched for half of train journeys [ITV News]
Date: 14/10/2019
Only half of train journeys are made using traditional paper tickets as smart ticketing continues to grow, new figures show. Industry body the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) said passengers bought orange tickets for just 50% of journeys in the four weeks from August 18, compared with 63% during the same period last year.
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Only half of train journeys are made using traditional paper tickets as smart ticketing continues to grow, new figures show.Industry body the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) said passengers bought orange tickets for just 50% of journeys in the four weeks from August 18, compared with 63% during the same period last year.The move towards smart ticketing follows improvements in technology, the installation and upgrade of ticket barriers at stations and promotion of the system to passengers.Smart tickets can be kept securely on smartcards or as barcode tickets on mobile phones.
