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Sydney integrates digital Opal card with rideshare services

By Tom Phillips • 31 March 2021 • Updated 31 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Sydney digital Opal card

Commuters in Sydney, Australia, will soon be able to use a digital version of their Opal transit card to pay for taxi fares and rideshare services and earn credit towards the cost of public transportation services they then transfer to... More


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Delhi Metro lets passengers top up their transit cards at fare gates

By Tom Phillips • 30 March 2021 • Updated 30 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Delhi Metro AutoPe top up at gates promo graphic

Passengers travelling on Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) services in India can now top up their contactless AutoPe DMRC transit cards at the network’s automatic fare collection gates... More


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Central Maryland RTA adds mobile ticketing, fare capping and free transfers

By Tom Phillips • 26 March 2021 • Updated 26 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Central Maryland RTA Transit adds on mobile phone graphic

Passengers using buses operated by the Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland can now use their credit card to purchase and store digital bus tickets on their Android or iOS smartphone... More


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Office shuttle service adopts ultrasonic technology for boarding pass authentication

By Tom Phillips • 18 March 2021 • Updated 18 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Office shuttle service mobile app with ultrasonic boarding pass authentication

Commuters travelling on buses provided by app-based office shuttle service provider Shuttl can now authenticate their mobile boarding passes using an ultrasonic ‘data-over-sound’ contactless verification system... More


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Metrolinx begins contactless fare payment pilot in Toronto

By Tom Phillips • 16 March 2021 • Updated 16 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Wearable being used to make a contactless payment on Metrolinx Toronto

Passengers travelling on Metrolinx’s Union Pearson (UP) Express airport rail link are the first in the Canadian city of Toronto to trial an open payment system that enables them to pay their fares with a contactless credit card or mobile wallet, without needing to buy a Presto transit card or e-ticket... More


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MTA reports on Omny contactless fare payments adoption in New York

By Tom Phillips • 11 March 2021 • Updated 11 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Omny contactless fare payment using a bank card

Passengers on New York subway and bus services have tapped their contactless bank card or mobile wallet to pay their fares using the Omny open loop fare payment system more than 50m times since the service launched in May 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has announced... More


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Moscow Metro to pilot face biometrics for transit ticketing payments

By Tom Phillips • 4 March 2021 • Updated 4 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Passenger uses Moscow Metro contactless access gates

Moscow Metro is to test a contactless ticketing system that enables passengers to pay their fares using facial recognition payment technology to verify their identity... More


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Sofia rolls out single journey QR mobile tickets across public transportation network

By Tom Phillips • 1 March 2021 • Updated 1 March 2021 • nfcw.com
Man using QR mobile ticket on Sofia public transportation network

Public transport users in Sofia can now buy and store single journey QR code e-tickets on their mobile device which they can validate for travel on metro, bus, tram and trolleybus services across the Bulgarian capital’s transit network... More


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Stockholm rolls out contactless ticketing payments

By Tom Phillips • 25 February 2021 • Updated 25 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Contactless ticketing payment on Stockholm SL transit system

Passengers using public transport across the Swedish capital of Stockholm can now make tokenized contactless payments for single adult fares on metro, rail, bus, tram and boat services by tapping their debit or credit card or smartphone at a ticket reader... More


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Clipper adds support for Apple Pay and Google Pay for transit fares in San Francisco Bay Area

By Tom Phillips • 23 February 2021 • Updated 23 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Clipper card on Apple iPhone for Apple Pay payment of transit fares

Passengers on public transportation services in the San Francisco Bay Area of the USA will soon be able to upload their Clipper transit card to their Apple Pay or Google Pay mobile wallet and pay for their fares with their smartphone or smart watch... More


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Ottawa tests tap-to-pay contactless ticketing on light rail network

By Tom Phillips • 22 February 2021 • Updated 22 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Ottawa contactless ticketing on light rail network

Passengers travelling from Ottawa’s Rideau Station can now purchase single-ride adult fares on the Canadian capital’s light rail transit network by tapping to pay with their credit card or mobile wallet at a pilot touchless entry gate... More


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Google lets users pay for parking and transit tickets through Google Maps

By Tom Phillips • 18 February 2021 • Updated 18 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Screenshots showing Google Maps letting users pay for parking via Google Pay

Google Pay users can now pay for parking in more than 400 cities across the USA and for public transport fares with participating transit authorities globally from directly within Google Maps... More


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Delhi Metro to roll out mobile and contactless ticketing across entire network

By Tom Phillips • 15 February 2021 • Updated 15 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Delhi Metro train which will soon have mobile and contactless ticketing

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is to implement an upgraded contactless ticketing system across its entire network, enabling passengers to pay for their journeys via QR, an EMV bank card or a RuPay-enabled National Common Mobility Card (NCMC)... More


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Transport for New South Wales to pilot RFID tags for transit ticketing

By Tom Phillips • 3 February 2021 • Updated 3 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Transport for New South Wales Opal RFID tag for transit ticketing

High school students at Magdalene Catholic College in Sydney, Australia, are to trial RFID transit ticketing tags that come with an operating distance of up to two metres, enabling an on-board reader to detect students automatically as they walk onto a bus... More


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Dayton RTA adds account-based ticketing to mobile transit app

By Tom Phillips • 2 February 2021 • Updated 2 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Dayton RTA account-based mobile ticketing transit app

Public transportation users in the US state of Ohio’s Greater Dayton area can now use their mobile phone to make capped contactless fare payments from a stored value account, rather than having to purchase tickets or select a fare in advance... More


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LA Metro lets Android users add their transit card to their NFC phone

By Tom Phillips • 1 February 2021 • Updated 1 February 2021 • nfcw.com
Android NFC smartphone being used on LA Metro

Passengers on public transportation services in the US city of Los Angeles can now add their TAP transit card to their Android smartphone and make contactless fare payments on the LA Metro and 25 other TAP-enabled transit agencies across LA County... More


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Survey reports on consumer attitudes to using mobile apps for transit ticketing

By Tom Phillips • 28 January 2021 • Updated 28 January 2021 • nfcw.com
Moovit 2020 consumer attitudes to mobile apps for travel infographic

Nearly one in two Americans (46%) are most likely or definitely interested in mobile payment options for public transit ticketing “for a safer mass transit journey”, a survey of consumers in 28 countries around the world has found... More


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Seoul light rail system trials face recognition ticketing

By Tom Phillips • 25 January 2021 • Updated 25 January 2021 • nfcw.com
Seoul Metro T-Money face recognition payment at a light railway gate

Employees travelling on Seoul Metro’s Ui-Sinseol light rapid transit line in South Korea are testing a face recognition payment system that enables passengers to pay their fares without needing to tap a smartphone or card or remove their face mask... More


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Moscow to complete contactless ticketing rollout by end 2021

By Tom Phillips • 22 January 2021 • Updated 22 January 2021 • nfcw.com
Moscow Metro Troika transit card

The city of Moscow will complete the modernisation of its integrated contactless ticketing system across all transit networks by the end of 2021, its deputy mayor for transport Maksim Liksutov has announced... More


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Paris adds support for iPhone transit card top ups

By Tom Phillips • 21 January 2021 • Updated 22 January 2021 • nfcw.com
iPhone transit card top up for Paris IDFM

Apple iPhone users travelling on public transport in the greater Paris region can now pay for daily, weekly and monthly travel passes and single-use tickets with Apple Pay and load them onto their physical Navigo transit card from their smartphone... More


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