Readycard is an electronic payment card under development in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

, England for use on public transport services in the county.

The card is being developed by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), a member of the Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation

Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation

ITSO is a non-profit membership organisation which maintains and develops the ITSO specification. The specification is an open one which is Crown copyrighted and available to all with the aim of allowing interoperable ticketing between transport operators in the UK....

. The card is to be trialled as an add-on to the existing Bolton Citizen Card smartcard that has been issued to residents of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Bolton, but covers a far larger area which includes Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley and Westhoughton, and a suburban and rural element from the West Pennine...

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