Rail Minister Huw Merriman made an announcement about the roll-out of PAYG trials, ahead of the Bradshaw Address.<\/p>\n
Mark Plowright, Director at Virgin Trains Ticketing,<\/a> comments:<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s great to see the government getting on board with passenger demand for speedy rail tickets by rolling out \u201ctap in and out\u201d trials to 90 stations from next year. It\u2019s the sort of innovation the rail industry needs \u2013 and that has, up until this point, been driven by rail retailers \u2013 with the introduction of barcode tickets, account-based ticketing and on-to-go apps.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBut if we really want to improve passenger experience then we must make sure that Pay As You Go becomes a common service offered by all rail retailers \u2013 which isn\u2019t the case in these early trials with retailers deliberately left in the sidings. We can\u2019t lose sight of the importance of consumer choice and the role it plays in fuelling competition and driving customer value. Virgin Trains Ticketing<\/a>, like many independent retailers, eagerly awaits the green signal to get involved.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n More Like This<\/strong><\/p>\n Rail Minister Huw Merriman made an announcement about the roll-out of PAYG trials, ahead of the Bradshaw Address. Mark Plowright, Director at Virgin Trains Ticketing, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,47,488],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-opinion","category-rail-news","category-railway-stations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tSVR confirms Jonathan \u2018Gus\u2019 Dunster as permanent managing director<\/a><\/h3>\n
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