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New developments for Walrus smartcard
FROM 30 October 2017, people who use the bus frequently,
but not often enough to make it worth buying a season ticket, will be able to
buy 'bundles' of 1 day Adult (19 years and over) Solo tickets,
which can be used to make unlimited journeys on any bus across Merseyside, at
any time of day.
Following the successful launch earlier this year of the One Day Adult Solo
ticket, the ability to buy tickets in advance for 1, 3 or 5 days will now make
ticket buying more convenient. The tickets will be accepted by all bus operators
across Merseyside and each valid day ticket can be used for a whole days travel,
so long as it is within a 12 month period of when the last ticket was sold. They
can be loaded onto a Walrus card from PayPoint stores and Merseytravel Centres.
Cllr Liam Robinson, Chair of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Transport Committee which oversees the work of Merseytravel said:- "We are
continually looking to develop our smart ticketing offer, working with operators
most notably through the Liverpool City Region Bus Alliance, to ensure that
tickets best suit the journeys people want to make, offering choice, value and
simplicity. As well as Merseytravel tickets, some operator tickets can now be
bought on Walrus too, making Walrus the chosen smart ticketing scheme for the
Liverpool City Region. We've made significant progress since 2014, with 2.5m
smart tickets sold, but we've still got more to do. We are working to introduce
the ability to purchase tickets online as well as ensuring we're plugged in to
wider smart ticketing developments being taken forward through Transport for the
North."
Since 2015, just over 500,000 Walrus smartcards have been issued free of charge
to customers by Merseytravel. However, it was always intended that once the
scheme was established an activation fee would be implemented for any new cards
to cover production and distribution charges. The ₤1 fee will be introduced, on
30 October 2017, so passengers are encouraged to keep hold of their existing
Walrus cards and reuse them each time they buy smart travel tickets.
For further details about the range of ticketing options visit:-
Merseytravel.Gov.UK/Tickets.
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