Cubic Transportation Systems announced another milestone for the Cubic-designed Opal smart card ticketing system with retirement of the last paper tickets in Sydney, Australia. The transition to an Opal-only system was aided by Cubic’s development of a single-trip, disposable smart card ticket.
Starting this month, the old-style paper tickets for public transport will no longer be sold or accepted, marking the completion of Sydney’s transition to the modern, integrated electronic-ticketing system. The transition to a single electronic ticketing system also has major benefits for transport agencies and operators across Sydney and surrounding regional areas.
Customers who don’t have an Opal card can now purchase the single-trip Opal smart cards through 255 Opal top-up machines, which are located at train, light rail and ferry stops.
Launched in December 2012, the Opal card system, which was designed, installed and operated by Cubic, is now used for 95 percent of all public transport trips. To date, customers have taken 800 million trips and more than 7.5 million cards have been issued.
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