Celebrating the smart ticketing & mobility industry's greatest achievements
We received a fantastic range of entries this year, more than we've ever received before - all evidence of the many innovative ticketing technologies and projects around the world. It will prove to be an extremely difficult job for our judges to choose a winner for each category.
Below you will find the finalists for each category.
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2025 Transport Ticketing Awards Finalists
NEW - Supplier Innovation
- Introducing Arribatec Hospitality; Flytogets newest partner within Innovation
- Enabling Seamless Mobility Through Interoperability Framework - Indra
- Transforming Public Transit with Portable Fare Devices in Aosta - SIT Vallée & Kentkart
- Unlocking Seamless Last-Mile Travel: Tap and Ride for E-Bikes in Lahti, Finland, Solving Connectivity and Increasing Profitability with Freebike and Mastercard
- Trafi
- UrbanThings and Lothian Buses
- Vix Technology, Transport for Wales, and Gunnebo: Revolutionizing Rail Travel
NEW - Best Commercial Strategy Initiative
- Discount according to individual travel behaviour: A-Welle revolutionises the fare system in public transport with the help of FAIRTIQ
- EMT Valencia
- Riyadh Public Transport: providing sustainable mobility to 8 million of new customers
- Unlocking the Power of Contactless EMV: Mastering Concessions, Discounts, and Personalization – Edirne Municipality & Kentkart
- Changing Mobility Habits in Occitanie (France)
- Common Tickets for Tallinn and Northern Estonia Counties: City of Tallinn (Authority), North-Estonian Public Transport Centre (PEÜTK) (Authority), Elron (Train Operator), Ridango (Software Provider))
NEW - Best Smart Ticketing Programme - More Than 1 Million Daily Journeys
- Multiple Journey QR (MJQR)- DMRC digital ticket for multiple journey (Indai’s First)
- Hitachi Rail, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Mobile ticketing in Paris for Olympic Games and more
- T-mobilitat: Barcelona’s Mobility Revolution Experience. ATM-Indra
- Transforming Transit: Istanbul’s Open Loop Implementation with Mastercard, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Belbim Elektronik Para A.Ş.
Best Smart Ticketing Programme
(<200k Daily Journeys)
- DBUS (COMPAÑIA DEL TRANVIA DE SAN SEBASTIAN, S.A.)
- Nationwide modernization of Public Transport Ticketing in Cyprus PTA: Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works of the Republic of Cyprus (MTCW) PTOs: CPT, EMEL, Intercity, OSEA, OSYPA System Integrator: GMV
- Enabling First-Ever Open-Loop Payments in Public Transport of The Philippines
- V/Line – Delivering Statewide Rail and Coach Barcode Ticketing
- Integrating a smart light rail retail system into heavy rail services
- Transport For Wales
- Digital Pay as You Go ticketing as the capstone of a multiyear regional integration initiative in Czechia
Best Smart Ticketing Programme - Between 200k and 1M Daily Journeys
- Conduent Transportation : New Jersey Transit Fare Collection Modernization Project
- Hitachi Rail, Auckland Transport (AT)
- The new EMV programme for Metro Lisboa - Metropolitano de Lisboa / Indra
- Autolinee Toscane and Kuba: a unified ticketing system simplifying transport payments across Tuscany
- Unified Effort for Transit Innovation: Nationwide Ticketing for Bus System in Costa Rica with the Central Bank of Costa Rica, Mastercard, Transport Regulators, Banco de Costa Rica, Aurionpro, Mikroelektronika and Optocontrol
- JUDU (Vilnius Public Transport Authority) and Ridango
Best Equity and Inclusion Initiative
- Haryana Roadways - Aurionpro Transit Pte Ltd - AU Small Finance Bank Limited – National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
- CP Comboios de Portugal EPE
- Zero Fare Program: City of Philadelphia and Jawnt
- How Smart Mobility Powers Ukraine During Crisis – Lutsk Municipality & Kentkart
- Pittsburgh’s Allegheny GO: Advancing Income-Based Transit Equity for 130,000 Passengers
- Expanding Financial Access: Open-Loop Prepaid Transit Solutions for the Unbanked in Pakistan across Sindh Mass Transit Authority Buses with Mastercard, NRTC, and JS Bank
- Ukrainian Ticketing Scheme
- Rail Delivery Group - Welcome Points
- CeKR project (Mestna občina Kranj, NLB, Visa, Bankart, Rekono, Avera, and Ridango)
- Solent Transport Mobility Credits
- Vix Technology and Transport for London: Advancing Accessibility in Public Transport
Ticketing Technology of the Year
- Transforming Customer Experience: Indra’s Innovative BIBO Approach
- Masabi’s Enterprise Platform - Justride
- Chat&Go® by OpenMove: Revolutionizing Ticketing through WhatsApp
- Tracsis iBlocks and Scotrail
- Turnit Hub - Samtrafiken’s National Distribution System
Digital Champion
- Arriva Personenvervoer Nederland BV (lead partner), ACCEPT Institute, FAIRTIQ
- Entry name: Mobile solution for validation and recharge at T-Mobilitat ATM Barcelona for Apple and Android terminals with @Smarting
- Kyiv Digital: Transforming City Travel with Innovation
- Littlepay; Google; Go-Ahead Brighton and Hove Buses
- The Mobility Database, by MobilityData
- OpenMove AI Assistant: Empowering Digital Mobility
- SimplyGo app by SimplyGo Pte Ltd
- Stagecoach Group - Corporate Travel app
Best Passenger Experience Initiative
- Digital Transformation of Passenger Services in DMRC
- Introducing «Flybag» - Flytogets initiative to decrease travel stress for travellers and increase the public transport share to and from Oslo Airport
- Hitachi Rail, Société des Grands Projets (SGP)
- National Express West Midlands: Transforming the Passenger Experience with Seamless App Integrations
- Metrolinx (PRESTO)
- Rejsekort & Rejseplan A/S & FAIRTIQ
- Transport Scotland, Traveline Scotland, Trapeze Group UK
- Kuba, Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority (MetroLink Tulsa), Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) GoPass
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With so many outstanding smart ticketing and mobility projects undertaken in the past year, the task of judging will be difficult. Get to know our judges below: