The system, like London’s Oyster scheme, would have let public transport users in Northern England make single-fare contactless journeys.
Government office Transport for the North (TfN) had aimed to roll out the technology on trains, buses and trams – but regional leaders said the “levelling-up” idea is in disarray after the Department for Transport (DfT) announced plans to cut funding to the Integrated and Smart Travel programme as part of 40 per cent cost-cutting.
They said the decision “makes a mockery” of promises to level up northern cities with the capital, where commuters benefited from the introduction of Oyster cards in 2003 and from full contactless usage in 2012.
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