The Glasgow Bus Alliance, which represents the city’s bus operators, has announced a new multi-operator mobile ticket, now available from the apps of the city’s major operators. The new Glasgow Tripper offers a selection of multi-operator tickets including day, weekly and flexi travel bundles.
Previously available only with a registered smartcard, Tripper tickets can now be bought on the mobile apps of First, McGill’s and West Coast Motors. The tickets can also be used for travel on services operated by Stagecoach West Scotland and Whitelaw’s.
Offering unlimited travel, bus users can access hundreds of routes in and around Glasgow, with one ticket – removing the need to purchase multiple bus tickets from different operators.
Duncan Cameron, Glasgow Bus Alliance vice chair and Managing Director of First Scotland said: “The new Tripper mobile app ticket is part of our ambition to create a convenient, connected, dependable and affordable bus network. Our collaboration on the mobile Tripper ticket now makes it easy for people to hop from bus operator to the next in a seamless way using a multi-operator app ticket. We hope that this helps our existing bus users with their travel and encourages people to try using bus to reach their destination rather than using the car.”
Group Managing Director at McGill’s Alex Hornby added: “We believe that having multi-operator Tripper ticketing available across each of our apps is the first initiative of its kind, demonstrating how powerful our partnership can be for customers in giving them clear, open options for buying their travel across each of our buses, irrespective of who may operate them. We are responding to the call for simplicity and transparency for bus users. This forms part of our ongoing focus as a bus alliance on delivering easy bus travel for everyone living and working in Greater Glasgow.”
