Metro customers can now get Pay As You Go travel on Android smartphones, thanks to a collaboration between Google Pay and Nexus, the public body which operates the system. People are now able to load a Pop card into Google Pay on their smartphone, and then use it to touch in and out of the Metro system, in the same way that they use a Pop card. Nexus said todays launch of Pop Pay As You Go on Android would transform how people access the Metro network, and enjoy the savings that the Pay As You Go product offers.
(Permalink) App Pay As You Go Tyne and Wear Metro

ScotRail have just introduced their new and improved free app that allows you to download train tickets straight to your phone.
(Permalink) App ScotRail Ticketing

A new smartphone app has been launched to keep the community up to date with the £70m project to rebuild the Tyne and Wear Metro Depot.
VolkerFitzpatrick, the contractor appointed by Stadler to build the new depot at Gosforth in Newcastle, has developed the app to give those living and working around the site a better understanding of the works.
(Permalink) App Gosforth Depot Tyne and Wear Metro