National Rail smartcard schemes

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public transport ticketing system smartcard ticketing scheme

National Rail smartcard schemes are contactless, interoperable ticketing systems used across much of Britain’s rail network to allow passengers to store and use train tickets electronically on smartcards.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
National Rail ticketing	10
National Rail fare system	3

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public transport ticketing system ⓘ smartcard ticketing scheme ⓘ
administeredBy	individual train operating companies ⓘ
appliesTo	National Rail network in Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
benefit	faster ticket purchase and use ⓘ improved durability compared with paper tickets ⓘ reduced queuing at ticket offices ⓘ
coordinatedWith	Rail Delivery Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
feature	automatic gate opening on valid touch ⓘ back-office validation of entitlements ⓘ compatibility with ITSO smartcard standard ⓘ contactless validation at station gates ⓘ electronic storage of tickets ⓘ interoperable ticketing across multiple train operators ⓘ online purchase and loading of tickets ⓘ reduced need for paper tickets ⓘ
goal	to enable more flexible ticket products ⓘ to provide interoperable smart ticketing across Britain’s rail network ⓘ to replace or reduce paper tickets ⓘ to speed up boarding and gate passage ⓘ
includes	Avanti West Coast Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ Chiltern Railways Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ CrossCountry Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ East Midlands Railway Smartcard ⓘ GTR Key Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ Gatwick Express Key Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Northern Key Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Western Railway Touch Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ LNER Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ ScotRail Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ South Western Railway Touch Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Key Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ Thameslink Key Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ TransPennine Express Smartcard ⓘ West Midlands Railway Swift-compatible smartcard products ⓘ c2c Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf	Britain’s rail ticketing system ⓘ
isUsedOn	commuter rail services ⓘ intercity rail services ⓘ regional rail services ⓘ
relatedTo	Oyster card NERFINISHED ⓘ contactless EMV bank card ticketing in London ⓘ
requires	back-office ticketing system ⓘ smartcard reader equipment at stations ⓘ
rolloutStatus	available on much of Britain’s rail network ⓘ
standardUsed	ITSO on Smartcard NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports	advance tickets ⓘ anytime tickets ⓘ electronic train tickets ⓘ flexi season tickets ⓘ off-peak tickets ⓘ pay-as-you-go style products (on some operators) ⓘ season tickets ⓘ
technologyType	contactless smartcard ⓘ
ticketMedium	smartcard ⓘ
timePeriod	21st century ⓘ
usedBy	rail passengers in Great Britain ⓘ