Swift Card

[Dom]

Only £1.80 more than just going as the crow flies.

Wait, £1.80!

[Jack6101]

They have put loads of swift stickers up in dudley bus station

[Westy]

To be honest I havent used my free one yet, but my nephew is having trouble getting NX Buses to read his PAYG card even though he has credit on it!

He says he has kept it separate from his other cards though.

He says he's going to try Diamond & Arriva to see if it works on their buses.

His dad(my brother) also has one but not having trouble.

[Matt.N0056]

nNetwork moving onto swift soon...

[Stu]

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but didn't want to start a new one...

Anyway, was very pleased to get home this evening, and find I have received a shiny new SWIFT card to replace my paper monthly direct debit ticket!

It was a bit of a surprise as I hadn't seen anything about Direct Debit Faresavers being available on SWIFT any time soon.

Anyone else been upgraded?  :D


EDIT: I have just checked my emails and NX did send me an email regarding this... this afternoon lol

FURTHER EDIT: Guess what came in todays (Monday) post? My paper ticket for September!  :-[

[Dom]

Apparently a big step forward tomorrow regarding cashless ticketing if what I am told is correct.

[CL]

Seems like Swift Card has had a refreshed image. I, for one, thinks it looks more modern, thus smarter, than the (now former) serif fonts on the card.

https://www.networkwestmidlands.com/swift/

[JPC]

Glad to see one day nBus cards now available in similar fashion to the NX e-Daysaver but one concern... the loaded carnet products are priced as per an all day MF ticket, those who use these on a weekend or only after 0930 will still pay the peak time price. NWM may well could introduce an off peak card, but better still these cards should be monetary credit based so the relevant price is deducted depending on time of day/day of the week they are first used.

[Stu]

Glad to see one day nBus cards now available in similar fashion to the NX e-Daysaver but one concern... the loaded carnet products are priced as per an all day MF ticket, those who use these on a weekend or only after 0930 will still pay the peak time price. NWM may well could introduce an off peak card, but better still these cards should be monetary credit based so the relevant price is deducted depending on time of day/day of the week they are first used.

There's no indication of the cost of this on the Swift website? It may be the case that, like NX, they price this at the cheaper off-peak rate, to incentivise passengers to switch.

Swift appears to be making good progress, however it is still far behind Oyster; I'd still like to have just one Swift card, with my NX Regional Faresaver loaded, as well as Pay-As-You-Go credit. So I can use as many NX buses as I like, as well as being able to buy single or day tickets on other operators' services if needed. At the moment, I can only do this, by having two seperate Swift cards.

[JPC]

There's no indication of the cost of this on the Swift website? It may be the case that, like NX, they price this at the cheaper off-peak rate, to incentivise passengers to switch.

Swift appears to be making good progress, however it is still far behind Oyster; I'd still like to have just one Swift card, with my NX Regional Faresaver loaded, as well as Pay-As-You-Go credit. So I can use as many NX buses as I like, as well as being able to buy single or day tickets on other operators' services if needed. At the moment, I can only do this, by having two seperate Swift cards.

Whoops :-[ My bad .... we shall hope nBus carnet pricing will also be based on the off-peak ticket rate.
Carnets (e-Daysavers) however are deleted if not used within 12 months of purchase (that has put me off buying), monetary credit however would never expire and pricing deducted from credit can be varied for the Evening Daysaver rate.

[2206]

Swift appears to be making good progress, however it is still far behind Oyster; I'd still like to have just one Swift card, with my NX Regional Faresaver loaded, as well as Pay-As-You-Go credit. So I can use as many NX buses as I like, as well as being able to buy single or day tickets on other operators' services if needed. At the moment, I can only do this, by having two seperate Swift cards.

On Claribels, Sunny Travel, Discount Travel Solutions and Social Travel if you already have a NX regional faresaver its only £0.50 anyway in cash. On Arriva, I think its £0.60 in cash. Cheaper anyway than using a Swift Card.

[Steveminor]

Swift cards with NX products loaded are not valid for ttavel at all on Claribels you must have a paper NX pass to pay the £1.00 supplement fare.

[2206]

This afternoon I lost my pay as you go swift card on 4942 on the BC 24, which I boarded at about 12:00 in Harborne going towards the City Centre. Last topped it up this morning on Social Travel KV03ZFS on the 11C and it has £10.00 on it. Does anyone know who I should contact?

[Stu]

This afternoon I lost my pay as you go swift card on 4942 on the BC 24, which I boarded at about 12:00 in Harborne going towards the City Centre. Last topped it up this morning on Social Travel KV03ZFS on the 11C and it has £10.00 on it. Does anyone know who I should contact?

Report a lost card / Request a replacement:
https://www.networkwestmidlands.com/swift/managing-your-swift-card/

Contact Birmingham Central garage lost property, in case it has been handed in:
T: 0121 254 6803

http://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/contact-us/lost-property

[2206]

Report a lost card / Request a replacement:
https://www.networkwestmidlands.com/swift/managing-your-swift-card/

Contact Birmingham Central garage lost property, in case it has been handed in:
T: 0121 254 6803

http://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/contact-us/lost-property

Ok, thanks. Will have to wait till 9AM tomorrow morning then.