{"id":3370,"date":"2019-07-29T07:42:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T07:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=3370"},"modified":"2019-07-29T07:42:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T07:42:10","slug":"contactless-transport-payments-hit-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/07\/29\/contactless-transport-payments-hit-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"CONTACTLESS TRANSPORT PAYMENTS HIT THE ROAD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bus customers will be able to tap their credit cards on Opal readers as a simple new way to pay under the NSW Government\u2019s latest Australian-first innovation in transport payments.
\nMinister for Transport Andrew Constance today announced contactless transport payments will be rolled out on Opal-enabled buses from August.
\n\u201cLaunching this technology on buses marks the final piece in the contactless payments puzzle and we expect all buses on the Opal network to be able to accept credit and debit cards by the end of September,\u201d Mr Constance said.
\nThere will also be more savings for existing customers who choose to tap on with their credit or debit card, with full fare parity with Adult Opal cards.
\n\u201cA credit card will now qualify for the same fare and travel benefits of an Adult Opal card on trains, light rail, ferries and buses once fully-implemented.
\n\u201cFrom tomorrow, the weekly travel reward, the transfer discount and off-peak pricing, will be available for all contactless transport payments. This is a huge win for regular commuters who now have another convenient payment option with all the benefits of Opal,\u201d Mr Constance said.
\nCustomers wanting to pay for their trip using contactless will continue to have the option to tap on and off using mobile wallets on smartphones, tablets and wearable devices that are linked to their American Express, Mastercard or Visa card.
\n\u201cOpal remains the foundation for customers to access the transport network in a digital world and contactless transport payments are just another piece of our expansive Opal network,\u201d Mr Constance said.
\n\u201cFor the NSW Government, the drive towards technology and digital products is part of turning Sydney into a smart city.
\n\u201cIn 2017, we became the first state to accept contactless transport payments and today only a handful of transport networks around the world offer similar options in this space.\u201d
\nTo date, 6.5 million contactless transport payments have been recorded across the Opal network \u2013 which is an average of one million a month, or roughly 250,000 per week.
\nROLL OUT OF CONTACTLESS TRANSPORT PAYMENTS ON BUSES<\/strong>
\n(in order of location)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
LOCATION<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0NUMBER OF BUSES<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nOuter Metro – Wollongong<\/td>\n\n
16<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nSeven Hills<\/td>\n\n
672<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nBlacktown
\nFurther areas of Wollongong<\/td>\n		\n
513<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nCentral Coast
\nTerrey Hills
\nWestern Sydney
\nInner West<\/td>\n		\n
1,378<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nHunter Valley
\nNewcastle
\nLeppington
\nPunchbowl
\nBurwood<\/td>\n		\n
1,046<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nCampbelltown
\nBlue Mountains
\nNorthshore, Eastern Suburbs
\n& Inner west<\/td>\n		\n
1,648<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bus customers will be able to tap their credit cards on Opal readers as a simple new way to pay under the NSW Government\u2019s latest Australian-first innovation in transport payments. Minister for Transport Andrew Constance today announced contactless transport payments will be rolled out on Opal-enabled buses from August. \u201cLaunching this technology on buses marks … Continue reading “CONTACTLESS TRANSPORT PAYMENTS HIT THE ROAD”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}