First plans for a cashless future in Bristol

摘要

Having simplified its fares structure in Bristol, First is now concentrating on speeding up boarding by offering alternative ways to pay. Giving his opening address as this year's president of the Omnibus Society, First West of England managing director James Freeman revealed a plan to eliminate on-board cash collection by 2018/19 and showed a video in which a volunteer busload took lOmin 25sec to board using cash, but only 2min 30sec when using mobile tickets.