Rouen, Bern, 27 March 2025 – Using public transport in Cherbourg and its surrounding areas is now easier than ever before thanks to FAIRTIQ's innovative ticketing solution. The FAIRTIQ application, deployed by Atoumod in Normandy, has been available on the Cap Cotentin network's urban lines since the beginning of February.
FAIRTIQ makes getting from A to B incredibly simple. It has reinvented public transport ticketing which means travellers no longer have to plan their journey ahead of time. A single swipe on your mobile device starts the journey in the app. Once you have reached your destination, another swipe is all it takes to stop the journey. The mobile app works out the right fare. If you make multiple journeys in one day, it will find and charge you the cheapest fare for your public transport use over that period.
Intermodal travel could not be more straightforward with FAIRTIQ. Take the journey between Caen and Cherbourg, for example. Thanks to FAIRTIQ's innovative technology, you can hop on the Twisto tram service to Caen station, then travel by train on the NOMAD network to Cherbourg before completing the last leg of your journey on a Cap Cotentin bus. All it takes is one mobile app and one swipe.
Normandy moves a step closer to integrated ticketing
The integration of Cap Cotentin in the FAIRTIQ app brings Normandy a major step closer to its goal of creating a ticket that is valid across the region's entire public transport network. The FAIRTIQ x Atoumod mobile app has gone from strength to strength since its launch in June 2023:
- June 2023: FAIRTIQ launches in Normandy – The application is available across the Twisto (Caen la Mer) and LiA (Le Havre Seine Métropole) networks and on routes 111 and 122 of the NOMAD Car network connecting the two conurbations.
- June 2023: FAIRTIQ coverage extends to NOMAD Train network – FAIRTIQ can now be used on all train services within Normandy.
- February 2025: FAIRTIQ roll-out across the Cotentin conurbation – The Cap Cotentin network adopts FAIRTIQ's innovative technology.
Map showing Normandy's public transport networks that have adopted FAIRTIQ technology
Atoumod and FAIRTIQ share their thoughts on the latest developments:
- Cédric Morel, Director of Atoumod:
"The integration of the Cap Cotentin network in the Atoumod x FAIRTIQ app is a further step towards our goal of making mobility more free-flowing and easier for the people of Normandy. The FAIRTIQ app does not replace the Atoumod card and the Atoumod sales app. Rather, it offers a new way of purchasing public transport tickets in Normandy, and without doubt one of the quickest and simplest ways imaginable: you have the ticket you need, at the lowest price, in five seconds flat!" - Gian-Mattia Schucan, co-CEO of FAIRTIQ:
"We are delighted to continue helping our partner Atoumod make mobility in Normandy more intuitive and connected. The integration of the Cap Cotentin network in our solution perfectly illustrates FAIRTIQ's ability to bring together different networks and modes of transport in a single, easy-to-use application that makes day-to-day travel simpler.
There will be more good news for public transport users in Normandy during the second half of 2025. First, FAIRTIQ will be rolled out across the entire SEMO (Seine-Eure) public transport network. Second, the NOMAD Car app will extend FAIRTIQ coverage to all of the region's coach routes.
These developments not only constitute a major step towards the introduction of an integrated transport system in Normandy but are also fully in keeping with the region's intermodality and mobility goals.
About Atoumod
Atoumod is a public joint venture based in Normandy which brings together and is funded by 19 local mobility planning authorities (AOMs) in Normandy. It is the coordinator of an ambitious and unprecedented regional intermodal transport development project which aims to make public transport in Normandy more accessible and easier to use. Atoumod develops and delivers passenger information tools, multi-network season tickets and digital ticketing solutions as part of this mission.
There are currently around 300,000 Atoumod travel passes in active use. Normandy's mobility facilitator also sells over 15,000 season tickets each year and has created information and sales applications that have proven highly popular with the public. In 2024, for example, more than one million journeys were recorded in the M-Ticket Atoumod app.
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