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Aerial view of the countryside and trees

9th Dec 2024

Product news

Faster boarding in rural, low signal areas with offline-first mobile ticket improvements

Boarding speed is critical to service punctuality. In urban centres, where 5G is increasingly everywhere, passenger loading is quick. But for rural areas, where phone signal can be a completely different experience, we’ve been working to eradicate slow-loading mobile tickets with a secure, offline-first approach.

Next stop display on the Traws Cymru T1 bus

24th Nov 2024

Announcement

Move fast and fix things

Passenger is now available on G-Cloud 14 and via SAM’s National Mobilities Procurement Hub framework agreement. The pre-approved contracts will mean faster and cheaper public sector procurement, helping government to deliver on its policy priorities.

Person Holding Smartphone While Sitting

11th Nov 2024

Product news

The death of social media service disruptions

With the arrival of targeted push notifications, using social media platforms such as X and Facebook to communicate service disruptions will become a thing of the past.

Young people sat at a bus stop with a large transport network map behind them

21st Oct 2024

Product news

Passenger launches personalised travel alert app notifications

The powerful new capability is designed to keep customers informed about the changes that matter most to them, reducing operational costs significantly, as they are less likely to contact customer service teams.

Illustration showing favourites in the Passenger app

8th Aug 2024

Blog

How app favourites personalise the Passenger experience

Favourites launched as an initial release in 2016. Today, more than eight years of iteration combine to deliver a personalisation capability that ‘just works’ for hundreds of thousands of users every day.

28th Mar 2024

Blog

Go East Anglia’s Konectbus delivers egg-citing Easter Deals with app rewards

Dubbed "Eggscape by Bus," Go East Anglia's Easter holiday campaign aims to entice travellers to explore various destinations and enjoy special perks, all by downloading and accessing rewards via the Konectbus mobile app.

Pulhams Coaches Go Ahead

22nd Mar 2024

Announcement

Pulhams Coaches launches with Passenger as Go-Ahead invests in latest digital technology

Passenger and Go-Ahead have launched a new Pulhams Coaches app in the Cotswolds as part of their effort to make travelling easier for passengers.

Musician Harry Styles sitting on top of a giant inflatable ball

21st Jun 2023

Blog

Harry Styles and Bruce Springsteen drive app downloads for Edinburgh Trams

When big names play at Murrayfield Stadium the demand for Edinburgh’s tram is huge. Helping travellers access tickets before they reach crowded tram stops has been a key strategy in ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience for concert-goers.

A moving tram in Edinburgh photographed from the side, with Edinburgh Castle in the background

31st May 2023

Announcement

Edinburgh Trams ET App shortlisted for Scottish Transport Award 2023

Operator amongst the frontrunners for Excellence in Travel Information and Marketing Award, with its ‘ET’ mobile ticketing app from Passenger.

Bus passengers on a Transdev bus holding large images of the Transdev Go app. They are all smiling at the camera.

8th Feb 2023

Blog

Transdev celebrates fast growing customer numbers on mobile

Transdev Go, Transdev’s mobile app from Passenger, reaches 100k Monthly Active Users for the first time with more people getting their tickets via the app over any other form of payment.