Wayfarer wins multi-million pound Midlands contract
Wayfarer Transit Systems has won a multi-million pound contract to transform bus ticketing systems across the West Midlands.

At the heart of the agreement is the TGX200 driver console - part of Wayfarer’s revolutionary e-Bus family, a breakthrough architecture that drives and integrates the cocktail of systems and applications featured on modern buses.

The Centro deal will see the installation of over 2,300 TGX200 machines and represents a key building block in the Authority’s drive to deliver one of the most advanced integrated public transport networks in the UK. The investment will enable bus operators to benefit from advances in the ITSO standard, which underpins the National Concessionary Travel Scheme in England and in similar programmes in Scotland and Wales.

Commenting on this investment in next generation ticketing technology, Centro Chief Executive Geoff Inskip said: “It is our mission is provide the people of the West Midlands with a world class integrated public transport system – and that means ensuring that we have ticketing technology in place that can help us turn this vision into reality.

“Wayfarer’s e-Bus architecture will ensure that our local bus operators benefit from one of the most advanced on-vehicle systems in the world, enabling them to integrate the ticketing function with a host of other third party technologies, such as Real Time Passenger Information.”