Sweden Archives - Mobility Payments

Update on Swedish Procurements, including Recent Validator Competition Attracting Nine Bidders

by Dan BalabanPosted on October 28, 2025 (November 6, 2025)Posted in Closed LoopTagged Sweden

Sweden’s price-focused, modular market for ticketing procurements is seeing more activity, with at least two decisions in, though pending appeal, and others headed for tender. That is believed to include…

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Ridango Wins Fare Contract in Sweden’s No. 2 City after Appeals Exhausted by Mikroelektronika

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 3, 2025 (March 7, 2025)Posted in Open LoopTagged Sweden, Västtrafik

Swedish transport authority Västtrafik, which serves the country’s second-largest city, Gothenburg and the surrounding region, has selected a new vendor, Ridango, to roll out its planned fare system, Mobility Payments…

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In-Depth: Possible Paperwork Error Holds Up Multimillion Euro Fare Project in Sweden

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 27, 2024 (August 27, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Gothenburg, Sweden

Did low-cost Czech vendor Mikroelektronika fail to adequately provide proof that it paid its taxes and fees for its tender in Sweden? That seems to be the key issue holding…

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Appeals Shake Up Procurement of New Fare System in Sweden’s No. 2 City

by Dan BalabanPosted on August 16, 2024 (August 22, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Gothenburg, Sweden

There may be a counter-appeal to a ruling last month by an administrative court in Sweden that nullified Czech Republic-based vendor Mikroelektronika’s expected award of a new fare system contract…

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Bid Award Challenged in Sweden’s No. 2 City by Ridango; but Displaced Incumbent Vix Declines to Appeal

by Dan BalabanPosted on April 18, 2024 (April 18, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Sweden, Västtrafik

A contract award to Czech Republic-based vendor Mikroelektronika for a new fare system in Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg, is on hold as officials handle an appeal from the vendor that…

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Tip Sheet: Groundbreaking Open-Loop Procurement in Venice May Finally Launch in Spring

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 19, 2024 (March 22, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Auckland, Editor's Choice, London, Sweden, Venice

An official with Venice transit agency AVM said the agency plans to launch its delayed open-loop service in the tourist mecca on May 1, which would be one year later…

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Mikroelektronika Set to Unseat Incumbent Vix with Low Bid in Sweden’s No. 2 City; Can Vendor Deliver for Price?

by Dan BalabanPosted on February 14, 2024 (April 18, 2024)Posted in Open LoopTagged Sweden

Czech Republic-based fare-system provider Mikroelektronika submitted the low bid to win the procurement of a new fare system in Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg, besting a field of bidders that included…

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Is Sweden’s No. 2 City Rolling Out Open-Loop Payments Twice?

by Dan BalabanPosted on May 30, 2023 (June 4, 2023)Posted in Open LoopTagged Sweden

Earlier this month, Gothenburg transit authority Västtrafik launched open-loop payments, the fourth city in Sweden to do so, according to Vix Technology, the vendor that implemented the service on 4,500…

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Stockholm Transit Agency Sees Strong Growth in Open-Loop Payments During First Year of Service

by Dan BalabanPosted on March 3, 2022 (March 4, 2022)Posted in Open LoopTagged SL, Sweden

Stockholm, open-loop card tapping reader on bus

Nearly a year after Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, or SL, in Stockholm launched open-loop payments for its multimodal transport network, the agency was seeing around 15% of its total fare revenue coming…

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Swedish Transit Agency Launches Express Mode Feature for Apple Pay, though Most Ticketing Still with Barcode-Based App

by Mobility Payments StaffPosted on October 20, 2021 (October 21, 2021)Posted in Open LoopTagged Apple Pay, Skånetrafiken, Sweden

Validator on board Skånetrafiken bus for contactless open-loop payments.

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Update on Swedish Procurements, including Recent Validator Competition Attracting Nine Bidders

Ridango Wins Fare Contract in Sweden’s No. 2 City after Appeals Exhausted by Mikroelektronika

In-Depth: Possible Paperwork Error Holds Up Multimillion Euro Fare Project in Sweden

Appeals Shake Up Procurement of New Fare System in Sweden’s No. 2 City

Bid Award Challenged in Sweden’s No. 2 City by Ridango; but Displaced Incumbent Vix Declines to Appeal

Tip Sheet: Groundbreaking Open-Loop Procurement in Venice May Finally Launch in Spring

Mikroelektronika Set to Unseat Incumbent Vix with Low Bid in Sweden’s No. 2 City; Can Vendor Deliver for Price?

Is Sweden’s No. 2 City Rolling Out Open-Loop Payments Twice?

Stockholm Transit Agency Sees Strong Growth in Open-Loop Payments During First Year of Service

Swedish Transit Agency Launches Express Mode Feature for Apple Pay, though Most Ticketing Still with Barcode-Based App

Vendors Prepare to Compete for Business, as New York’s MTA Requests First Bids for Large Fare-Evasion Project

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor

Updated: Modaxo Completes Acquisition of Conduent Transit Unit; Renames Fare Business ‘Novvan’

Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi

Tip Sheet: Could Cubic Lose Another Big Contract in Vancouver?

Cubic Corp. Hires Transportation Industry Veteran to Turn Around Its Troubled Fare-System Vendor

Cubic and Moovel Intend to Protest Recommendation in Miami for $42 Million Contract Award to Masabi

Barcelona Transport Authority Sets Date for Launch of Open-Loop Payments…Again; Can It Make It This Time?

Miami-Dade County Recommends Masabi for Back Office Deal; If Approved by Board, Debt-Strapped Cubic Would Lose Another Contract as Incumbent