Date: 28 Feb 2008 14:50
Text ticketing was a first for the UK rail industry and now Chiltern Railways have been awarded ‘the Innovative Transport Project of the Year’ for text ticketing at last nights London Transport Awards held at Hilton Park Lane in London.
Peter Owen, Marketing Director of Chiltern Railways said: “I am delighted that we have won this award for mobile ticketing as it is a real innovation for the rail industry and we’re excited to be continuously developing technology to make travelling by train simpler and more convenient for our passengers.”
Martin Hathaway, Director for YourRail, said: “We are delighted that Chiltern’s forward thinking has been recognised by this award. So far over 18,000 customers have signed up to use Chiltern’s innovative electronic ticketing service supplied by YourRail. This year, Chiltern’s customers will have an expanded range of attractive electronic tickets to choose from, in addition to the excellent levels of service that they have come to expect.”
As well as winning an award for tickets by text, the Fastis system developed in partnership by Chiltern — which allows our passengers to buy a full range of Oyster products — won Information Excellence of 2008 at the HSBC Awards.
To find out why we won this award and why 99% of passengers would recommend ‘tcks by txt’, please click here.
