less than the equivalent bus journey. The scheme has been hugely successful, and was expanded to areas such as Warwick University and Selly Oak. High-speed rail In August 2009, TfWM's predecessor, Centro, backed construction of a new railway in the West Midlands region for use by High Speed 2 trains, which would allow existing lines to have "better and more frequent local services". Sprint bus network Sprint is a bus rapid transit scheme under construction between Walsall, Birmingham and Solihull. Further routes are planned across the region. Ticketing TfWM is committed to the introduction of an integrated ticketing system. "n" branded tickets are valid across the entire network, on any operator within the TfWM area. nBus tickets are valid on almost all operators' services in the West Midlands county. Tickets can be purchased for travel within various local travel areas or across the whole of the county, and are valid for periods ranging from one day to a year. Metro travel may be added onto nBus passes. nTrain passes are valid on all local train services within the Network West Midlands zonal rail map (including Hednesford), or to select out-of-county stations in the Birmingham travel-to-work metropolitan area. Swift is the multi-modal, multi-operator smart travel card, similar to the Oyster card scheme in London. Rather than being a single card, it is a range of contactless passes and cards that share a common system and brand name. Centro began a phased rollout of the Swift card scheme in 2012, which was still ongoing in 2016 when responsibility for the scheme passed to TfWM. The system is expected to be extended across the local rail network as part of rail devolution in the West Midlands. See also Transport in Birmingham References External links Transport for West Midlands West Midlands Combined Authority, the body responsible for setting TfWM policy Companies owned by municipalities of England History of the West Midlands (county) Local government in the West Midlands (county) Public transport executives in the United Kingdom Transport in the West Midlands (county) 2016 establishments in England