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The Scottish Government remains committed to its vision that all journeys on Scotland’s bus, rail, ferry, subway and tram can be made using a single type of smart ticketing, the saltirecard system. Good progress is being made to deliver this vision, summarised by mode below.Rail - The entire ScotRail network is now Smart enabled to be part of the saltirecard system. We have made sure that the new franchise contract requires smart tickets to be made available across the network, for all types of ticket by 2019. ScotRail is delivering a significant programme to make this possible. For example, saltirecard smart season tickets are available on all routes and by April 2019, ScotRail has committed to achieving a 60% uptake for all ScotRail passenger journeys using Smart ticketing.Subway - Smart tickets are already in use on the Glasgow Subway, and it will be possible to use the same smartcards on both the Subway and ScotRail.Ferries - We have already completed successful user trials. The recently awarded Clyde and Hebrides ferry contract requires saltirecard smart tickets to be available for foot passengers.Bus – More than 1.3 million smart concessionary travel saltirecards have been issued which can be used across bus operators across Scotland. 35% of bus journeys undertaken already use the smart saltirecard through the Scottish Government's concessionary travel schemes.Building on this investment, the major Scottish bus operators have agreed to work to deliver the vision of compatible smart ticketing across all modes in Scotland with a programme that dovetail’s with ScotRail’s plans. These developments will see the launch of interoperable, bus-to-bus, saltirecard smart ticketing across Scotland’s largest cities starting with Aberdeen and Dundee this summer, with Glasgow and Edinburgh to follow. The major Scottish bus operators are also committed to work in collaboration with other modes and support a national e-purse for Scotland which will work on the basis of pay as you go similar to the Oyster Card system. Further developments will include the acceptance of contactless bank cards on bus.This inter-operator, multi-modal capability is being made possible by the Scottish Government promoting one compatible system across all modes, the "ITSO" system, allowing integration to be delivered in phases as each mode implements its co-ordinated plans. Work to develop this system further is already underway to integrate the ITSO saltirecard system with smartphones and contactless bank cards.