Click and go! Bus and train users in Leeds embrace digital revolution

Transport bosses have released new figures that underline the scale of the digital revolution taking place on buses and trains in Leeds and the rest of West Yorkshire.
Passengers in the county are now using MCard travel smartcards to make around £30m worth of journeys each year, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) revealed today.
Around 50 people every day are also downloading the free MCard app that allows travel tickets to be purchased from any Android smartphone.
Available via the Google Play store, the app has been used to buy more than £850,000 worth of bus and train travel... read more