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The Key (smartcard)

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The Key is a contactless smartcard that is being progressively introduced to replace paper ticketing in public transport in Britain. [1]

35 relations: Birmingham, Bluestar (bus company), Bournemouth, Brighton & Hove (bus company), Brighton and Hove, Crawley, Department for Transport, Deregulation, English National Concessionary Travel Scheme, Go North East, Go-Ahead Group, Isle of Wight, ITSO Ltd, List of smart cards, London Midland, Metrobus (South East England), Newcastle upon Tyne, Oxford, Oxford Bus Company, Oyster card, Plymouth, Plymouth Citybus, South East England, Southampton, Southeastern (train operating company), Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway), Southern Vectis, Stagecoach, Sunderland, Sussex, Thames Travel, Thameslink and Great Northern, Unilink, United Kingdom, Wilts & Dorset.

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Bluestar (bus company)

Solent Blue Line Ltd, which trades primarily under the name Bluestar, is a bus operator providing services in south Hampshire.

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Bournemouth

Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town on the south coast of England to the east of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, long.

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Brighton & Hove (bus company)

Brighton & Hove Brighton Hove Bus and Coach Company Limited formerly Brighton Hove and District Omnibus Company Limited operates most bus services in the city of Brighton and Hove in southern England.

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Brighton and Hove

Brighton and Hove is a city in East Sussex, in South East England.

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Crawley

Crawley is a town and borough in West Sussex, England.

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Department for Transport

The Department for Transport (DfT) is the government department responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved.

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Deregulation

Deregulation is the process of removing or reducing state regulations, typically in the economic sphere.

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English National Concessionary Travel Scheme

The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme is a national scheme by the Department for Transport in conjunction with local authorities across England.

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Go North East

Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England operating services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland with a fleet of 680 buses.

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Go-Ahead Group

The Go-Ahead Group plc is a provider of passenger transport in the UK, with over one billion journeys made on its bus and trains services each year.

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Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight (also referred to informally as The Island or abbreviated to IOW) is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England.

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ITSO Ltd

ITSO Ltd is a non-profit distributing technical, standardisation and interoperability membership organisation with objectives to.

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List of smart cards

Some widely used contactless smart cards include Sydney's Opal Card, London's Oyster card, Hong Kong's Octopus card, Stockholm's Access card, Japan's Suica and Pasmo cards, Manila's Beep cards, Nigeria's ETC Card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo, the Dutch OV-Chipkaart, Toronto's Presto card and Lisbon's LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard.

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London Midland

London Midland was a train operating company in England, owned by Govia, which operated the West Midlands franchise.

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Metrobus (South East England)

Metrobus Metrobus Limited is a bus operator with routes in south London, and parts of Surrey, Kent & Sussex.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, from the North Sea.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.

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Oxford Bus Company

Oxford Bus Company is the trading name of The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd.

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Oyster card

The Oyster card is a form of electronic ticket used on public transport in Greater London in the United Kingdom. It is promoted by Transport for London and is valid on travel modes across London including London Underground, London Buses, the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), London Overground, Tramlink, some river boat services, and most National Rail services within the London fare zones. Since its introduction in June 2003, more than 86 million cards have been used. A standard Oyster card is a blue credit-card-sized stored-value contactless smartcard that can hold single tickets, period tickets and travel permits, which must be added to the card before travel. Passengers touch it on an electronic reader when entering and leaving the transport system in order to validate it or deduct funds. Cards may be "topped-up" by recurring payment authority, by online purchase, at credit card terminals or by cash, the last two methods at stations or ticket offices. The card is designed to reduce the number of transactions at ticket offices and the number of paper tickets. Usage is encouraged by offering substantially cheaper fares than with cash though the acceptance of cash is being phased out. On London buses, cash is no longer accepted. The card was first issued to the public on 30 June 2003, with a limited range of features and there continues to be a phased introduction of further functions. By June 2012, over 43 million Oyster cards had been issued and more than 80% of all journeys on public transport in London were made using the card. Since 2014, the use of Oyster cards has been supplemented by contactless credit and debit cards as part of TfL's "Future Ticketing Programme". TfL was the first public transport provider in the world to accept payment by contactless bank cards, and the widespread adoption of contactless in London has been credited to this. TfL is now one of Europe's largest contactless merchants, with around 1 in 10 contactless transactions in the UK taking place on the TfL network.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London.

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Plymouth Citybus

Plymouth Citybus Plymouth Citybus Limited is a bus operator in Plymouth.

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South East England

South East England is the most populous of the nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.

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Southampton

Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England.

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Southeastern (train operating company)

London & South Eastern Railway Limited, trading as Southeastern, is a British train operating company owned by the Anglo-French joint venture Govia that provides rail services in South East England.

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Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)

Southern is the brand name used by the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) train operating company on the Southern routes of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise in England.

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Southern Vectis

Southern Vectis The Southern Vectis Omnibus Company Limited is a bus operator on the Isle of Wight.

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Stagecoach

A stagecoach is a four-wheeled public coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses.

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Sunderland

Sunderland is a city at the centre of the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough, in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 10 miles southeast of Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 miles northeast of Durham, 101 miles southeast of Edinburgh, 104 miles north-northeast of Manchester, 77 miles north of Leeds, and 240 miles north-northwest of London.

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Sussex

Sussex, from the Old English Sūþsēaxe (South Saxons), is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.

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Thames Travel

Thames Travel is a bus operator serving the southern part of the English county of Oxfordshire.

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Thameslink and Great Northern

Thameslink and Great Northern are the brand names used by the Govia Thameslink Railway train operating company on the Thameslink and Great Northern routes of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise, previously operated by First Capital Connect.

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Unilink

Unilink is the branded bus service operated under contract and serving the University of Southampton in Hampshire, England.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Wilts & Dorset

Wilts & Dorset Wilts & Dorset Bus Company Limited is a bus operator providing services in East Dorset, South Wiltshire and West Hampshire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Key_(smartcard)

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