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The EasyRider card is a contactless smartcard introduced in 2000 in Nottingham, for use on Nottingham City Transport Services. It was originally named 'BusCard'. A smart card, or integrated circuit(s) card (ICC), is defined as any integrated circuitry embedded into a flat, plastic body. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
Nottingham is a city and county town of Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands of England. ...
Background
The Easyrider card is a contactless smartcard. Travellers wave the card past the red readers on Nottingham City Transport buses, or hand it to conductors on Trams. An EPC RFID tag used for Wal-Mart Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or transponders. ...
A smart card, or integrated circuit(s) card (ICC), is defined as any integrated circuitry embedded into a flat, plastic body. ...
A tram in downtown Nottingham. ...
Cards There are four different kinds of EasyRider cards, EasyRider City, EasyRider Anytime, Easyrider Farecard, and Easyrider <16
EasyRider City Green card, can be purchased in blocks from 7 days up to 1 year. Activated for all buses and trams in that period of time.
EasyRider Anytime Easyrider Anytime can be purchased for 2, 5, 10 or 20 days. However, it is only activated on the days it is used, and is therefore useful for those who travel reguarly, but not on consecutive days.
EasyRider Farecard Like an electronic purse, ordinary tickets can be bought at a reduced price using credit stored on it.
EasyRider <16 EasyRider City equivalent for under 16's.
Milestones - First contactless smartcard in the UK is launched in Nottingham, called BusCard (September 2000)
- BusCard renamed EasyRider City (March 2004)
- Tram services commence, and EasyRider City smartcards are accepted, although conductors are unable to validate them
- EasyRider Child launched (August 2004)
- EasyRider Anytime launched (September 2004)
- EasyRider Child renamed EasyRider <16 (September 2005)
- Tram conductors begin reading cards (September 2005)
- TrentBarton announce contactless smartcard, called 'ToTo' (February 2006)
A tram in downtown Nottingham. ...
A tram in downtown Nottingham. ...
TrentBarton is the result of merging Derbyshires Trent Buses with Nottinghamshires Barton. ...
Competition In February 2006, TrentBarton, a competing bus operator in Greater Nottingham announced a competing contactless smartcard system, ToTo (Touch-on Touch-off). While the ToTo system will be more advanced, the Easyrider card is already established and has the backing of Nottingham Express Transit. TrentBarton is the result of merging Derbyshires Trent Buses with Nottinghamshires Barton. ...
Greater Nottingham is the surrounding conurbation of the city of Nottingham. ...
A tram in downtown Nottingham. ...
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