Northern Ireland’s Minister of Infrastructure, Chris Hazzard, has announced that £45 million (€53.58 million) investment will be delivered to modernise the ticketing system.
The implementation of the project is expected to start in 2018 with the new Bus Rapid Transit System. Following this, in 2019 the authorities plan to introduce contactless payments for Metro and Ulsterbus services and customers will enjoy further technology enhancements as we phase in this new era in Translink ticketing which will attract more people to use the bus and train as travel options.
“The new Programme for Government envisages increasing the number of people using public transport. A high quality public transport infrastructure is fundamental to encouraging people to use our buses and trains. This innovative ticketing system will deliver long term benefits and transform how we access public transport across the region.
The current ticketing system was introduced 15 years ago and serves around 80million passenger journeys every year.
The future ticketing system of the Translink will be implemented starting with 2018 (Belfast Rapid Transit Off-Vehicle Ticketing System), in 2019 the company will replace metro and Ulsterbus ticketing system replacement and in 2021 will start the replacement of NI Railways system. The whole project will be completed 2021.
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