UK public transport app and website provider Passenger has been recognised at this year’s Tech South West Awards, as it has been named a winner within its ‘Dorset Cluster’ category.

The Cluster Awards have been developed by Tech South West to celebrate great tech initiatives and organisations across the South West in particular local tech cluster areas.

The win is testament to Passenger’s exceptional growth as a Dorset business, since first launching in 2015. Passenger emerged from CEO Tom Quay’s vision to make public transport a first-choice option for anyone travelling in the UK. Today, the company works with 84 bus operators – equating to 24% of the UK market – and its technology solutions connect 7,448 buses across the UK.

Tom Quay, CEO at Passenger, said: “We’re proud to have been recognised for our work as part of Dorset’s flourishing tech community, bringing innovative technology solutions to public transport operators across the country. Our growth is testament to how much of a difference our products have made to date for both transport operators and their customers.

“Collaboration is crucial in changing outdated perceptions of public transport. We are incredibly lucky to work with so many hard-working operators and our success today is shared with each and every one of them.”

One notable collaboration for Passenger in 2021 has been with leading operator Go-Ahead Group, working with their portfolio of operators to offer customers streamlined ticket purchase options and real-time journey information. Passenger successfully rolled out 17 apps, followed by nine new websites over a 9-month programme of transformation. This marked Passenger’s largest roll-out of apps for one operating group, accommodating almost 1 million UK travellers.

The win at the Tech South West Awards adds to Passenger’s growing awards portfolio, as its myTrip multi-operator app took home ‘Travel App of the Year’ at the UK App Awards earlier this month.

For further information about Passenger, visit: www.discoverpassenger.com