Passenger Acquires Netescape

Transport software specialist Passenger Technology Group announce the acquisition of Netescape, with its popular BusCMS website and app management system joining the Passenger family of digital technology products from April 2017.

Negotiations and the completion of the acquisition was led by 3D FD's Andy Brown, working in conjunction with Passenger CEO, Tom Quay, and with expert assistance from Nick Davies and Shaun Guppy of Steele Raymond.

Passenger makes it possible for operators to deliver a seamless, multi-modal real-time route planning experience across digital channels; mobile phone, smartwatch, websites, digital signage and emerging voice technology such as Amazon Echo.

The system has gained considerable market interest following its full UK launch in July last year, with many deployments already in 2017 and more due to roll out over the coming months. It combines mobile ticketing, network information, journey planning, real time departures, and disruptions management into one integrated platform that the company call Passenger Cloud.

Tom Quay adds “Passenger is evolving quickly into a complete platform for managing customer interaction and the data that those interactions create. Attracting the best talent in the industry is essential to realising the opportunities ahead of us as mobile and contactless payment becomes an integral part of future public transport strategy. It was clear from our early conversations that the combined strengths of our businesses would offer customers a proposition that you won’t find anywhere else."