We have now launched our Easy Fares API. The Easy Fares API provides relevant and useful data on all fares that are not seasons or carnets, ranging from valid walk-up fares through to fares which are valid with a smartcard. (Seasons, carnets and rovers/rangers are already covered by our existing APIs.) Before I dive into … Continue reading “Welcome Easy Fares!”
Category: Fares
Introducing our APIs!
Just keeping people up-to date with what we are currently working on at BR Fares. I wanted to write about our APIs, which we launched several months ago. See link below: https://www.brfares.com/api/ Why we chose to sell APIs? We chose to start selling our APIs because we saw a need to provide better quality and … Continue reading “Introducing our APIs!”
Bristol Area Pay-as-you-go Scheme – the first serious attempt at fares reform?
While seemingly everyone has been busily debating the amount of discount that the long-hyped (but yet to appear) new flexible carnet fares might provide, something much more radical is about to happen in the Bristol area from 16 May. Great Western Railway (GWR)’s direct franchise award with the Department for Transport (DfT) from 29 March … Continue reading “Bristol Area Pay-as-you-go Scheme – the first serious attempt at fares reform?”
Get a bigger refund for your Season Ticket!
TL;DR: Consider changing your season over to the cheapest alternative, instead of doing a straight refund – you might get more money back!
TL;DR: Consider changing your season over to the cheapest alternative, instead of doing a straight refund – you might get more money back!
Low-cost on the Rails
Most of us are familiar with low-cost airlines. In recent decades, these new cheaper flights, also known as ‘no frills’ services revolutionised the way we travel internationally in Europe, bringing air travel within reach of most people for the first time. The question I seek to ask here is: are there equivalents available on the … Continue reading “Low-cost on the Rails”
Oysterless Contactless…
On Thursday 29 August the zonal pay-as-you-go (PAYG) fares system for London was extended to cover Brookmans Park station in Hertfordshire. This is particularly notable because Brookmans Park is the first (and so far, only) station within the system at which Oyster cards are not valid. I’ve taken the opportunity to make some changes to … Continue reading “Oysterless Contactless…”