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Edinburgh has always been famous for not giving change on their buses. Lothian have now rolled out contactless payments across their services from Wednesday, July 24th July Commuters can now go contactless with a daily cap on fares - similar to the system already in operation in London - in a first for Scotland. Customers will simply board the bus and tap their cards against the reader to pay for their ticket. However, after three or more taps, the fare will be capped at the Adult day ticket price, so locals are not paying over the odds for travel. Nigel Serafini, Lothian’s Commercial Director said: “We are delighted to have launched city-wide contactless payment for our customers. With more and more of our transactions becoming ‘cashless’, it was important to recognise the demand for this capability across our fleet.” “This has been at the top of customers’ wish lists for some time and we’re pleased to be able to deliver an easy and convenient method of payment, which r...

Friday 5th July 2019 marked a major milestone for rail customers across the North and Scotland as TPE officially welcomed the first of of their brand new Nova 1 trains following formal acceptance from the Office of Rail and Road. Built by Hitachi Rail and financed by Angel Trains, the bullet-style Nova 1 trains will mean more carriages and extra seats for customers and the on-board experience will be completely transformed. Thefe will be 19 five carriage Nova 1 trains, each containing 342 seats, an extra 161 compared to its current trains. The futuristic fleet will carry customers on the route between: Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, York, Newcastle, Morpeth and Edinburgh and will start to be phased into service, as planned, before the end of the year. Rigorous testing of both the Nova 3 and Nova 2 fleets is currently ongoing and three Nova 3 trains have now been accepted, however as a result of further faults that have emerged, the first of the Nova 3 trains will now enter   s...