(21 Apr 2014, 5:23 pm)Dan wrote I'd have thought if they did, all operators would have had the exact same ticket machine make/model? Surely independent operators would be entitled to the same offer too?
Seems a cost an operator would pay for, if you ask me.
Smartcard technology was another taxpayer funded initiative that fell under the BSOG scheme
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...incentives
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.u...ntives.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/sy...yments.xls
Go North East/Go Northern claimed the incentives in 2012 and 2013. Data for 2014 is not yet available.