(24 Dec 2023, 2:15 pm)DeltaMan wrote That's not quite true. Smartzones exist using differing systems. If it wasn't for Stagecoach using VIX machines there is no technical reason ToTo couldn't exist either.
It's just the world has now moved on from Smartcards to ToTo. Something Stagecoach, Metro/NEXUS and GNE are so far behind on it's embarrassing. Even ARRIVA and First Bus are ahead. That's how bad it is.
Pop was launched circa 2015. First trial roll-out early Q2 off memory.
The Smartzones weren't launched until 3 or 4 years later.