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Queensland to let passengers get real-time service information at bus stops on their NFC smartphone

By Tom Phillips • 15 December 2022 • Updated 15 December 2022

Passengers travelling on bus services in the Australian state of Queensland will soon be able to access bus schedules, notifications and real-time service information at more than 15,000 bus stops with a tap of their Apple or Android NFC smartphone... More

Queensland rolls out open loop contactless ticketing to three additional rail lines

By Tom Phillips • 19 October 2022 • Updated 19 October 2022

Person making contactless open loop contactless payment with their smartphone at Queensland rail station

Passengers travelling on the Caboolture, Redcliffe Peninsula and Gold Coast railway lines in south east Queensland can now make contactless fare payments with their credit or debit card, mobile phone or smartwatch using the Australian state’s open loop ticketing system... More

Queensland extends pilot of regional open loop contactless ticketing system

By Tom Phillips • 7 June 2022 • Updated 7 June 2022

Smartphone used to pay for rail travel on Translink Australia

Passengers travelling on the Ferny Grove suburban rail line in Brisbane in Queensland can now pay their fares with a tap of their contactless credit or debit card, mobile phone or smartwatch using the open loop transportation ticketing system that the Australian state is planning to roll out across 18 regional centres this year... More

Transit Ticketing Today

Queensland begins first pilot of regional open loop ticketing system

By Tom Phillips • 15 December 2020 • Updated 11 July 2022

Translink Queensland open loop ticketIng system

Passengers travelling on the G:link light rail network on Queensland’s Gold Coast are the first to trial an open loop transportation ticketing system that the Australian state plans to roll out across all forms of public transport in 18 regional centres by 2022... More

Transit Ticketing Today

Translink to pilot NFC tags at Queensland bus stops

By Sarah Clark • 12 November 2019

Public transportation agency Translink is exploring the use of NFC technology as a replacement for paper timetables at bus stops in the Australian state of Queensland, iTNews reports... More

Transit Ticketing Today

Queensland tests express ticketing gates for open loop contactless ticketing project

By Sarah Clark • 22 October 2019 • Updated 1 November 2022

The Australian state of Queensland has begun the first of a series of pilots ahead of the rollout of its A$371m (US$249m) Smart Ticketing system, due to go live in 2022. A one-month pilot of new express ticketing gates is taking place at Brisbane’s Central Station More

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Queensland to let passengers get real-time service information at bus stops on their NFC smartphone

Queensland rolls out open loop contactless ticketing to three additional rail lines

Queensland extends pilot of regional open loop contactless ticketing system

Queensland begins first pilot of regional open loop ticketing system

Translink to pilot NFC tags at Queensland bus stops

Queensland tests express ticketing gates for open loop contactless ticketing project