How to win: Mobile Smart Ticketing (MST)

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The rail industry is progressing toward digital-first ticketing to reduce cost of sale, improve customer experience, and enable flexible products such as season tickets, PAYG and a roadmap toward single and return tickets. The Mobile Smart Ticketing (MST) initiative (migrating physical ITSO media to a digital format) aims to enable secure, standards-based ticket fulfilment to mobile devices. Initial launch will centre on a pilot for Season tickets, followed by PAYG, and then expansion into singles and returns. In addition, current fulfilment methods for rail (e.g. barcode, physical smartcard, paper) are isolated today, with retailers and integrators required to support multiple fulfilment technologies, each with distinct standards and operational overhead. Mobile Smart Ticketing offers the potential for the following: • Elimination of the downsides of current plastic ITSO cards which have to be obtained and updated prior to travel; • Customers will no longer have to use a separate app to view journey history and product validity; • Improved gate line speeds - customers will benefit from features such as NFC reader functionality, removing the need to unlock devices or open apps to p

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — RAIL DELIVERY GROUP LIMITED scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
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• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 21 May 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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