Ensignbus to go "smart"

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I see from perusing Ensign's twitter feed that they are in the process of adopting smartcards for use on their buses. It will be a separate system so no Oyster usage and will be for season tickets initially. No PAYG yet. They did a mini poll about contactless card usage for their buses - quite a big positive vote for that so they may adopt that at some point but no firm commitment yet. I imagine it's not a cheap thing to do for a smallish bus company given the processing needed and effective working with the banks.

No date yet for this year's running day but it seems a former Greyhound USA coach may turn out - they now own one for film work! Seems they can't carry passengers on it though because the door is not legal for UK use.

[DLA 365]

Oct 1, 2016 13:56:11 GMT snoggle said:

No date yet for this year's running day but it seems a former Greyhound USA coach may turn out - they now own one for film work! Seems they can't carry passengers on it though because the door is not legal for UK use.

What role do you think it will play at the running day?

[snoggle]

Oct 2, 2016 7:28:07 GMT DLA 365 said:

Oct 1, 2016 13:56:11 GMT snoggle said:

No date yet for this year's running day but it seems a former Greyhound USA coach may turn out - they now own one for film work! Seems they can't carry passengers on it though because the door is not legal for UK use.

What role do you think it will play at the running day?

Possibly just a static display or maybe doing circuits at Lakeside allowing people a chance to snap it on the move. That's what's suggested on the Ensign Vintage blog (written by Steve Newman). No credit on my part here - just reporting what's on the blog.