Cubic and Transport for New South Wales Launch First Trial of Open Payment Technology in Australia
07 July 2017 - 9:00PM
Business Wire
Transport for NSW and Cubic Transportation
Systems to trial Opal card system with contactless technology on
Sydney’s popular Manly Ferry service
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business unit of Cubic
Corporation (NYSE:CUB), today announced its participation in the
first transport open payment trial in Australia with its customer
Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW), similar to the technology in
London where the contactless “pay as you go” bank card has logged
more than one billion journeys to date. Details of the trial were
announced today by New South Wales Minister for Transport and
Infrastructure Andrew Constance. The trial on the popular Manly
Ferry service leverages the technology behind the Opal smart card
ticketing system, installed and operated by Cubic.
“The new contactless payment system is an exciting step into the
future of ticketing for Australia as it promises greater
convenience for commuters, coupled with greater efficiencies for
operators,” said Tom Walker, senior vice president and managing
director of CTS Asia-Pacific. “Contactless offers freedom of
choice, providing another convenient option for people using public
transport. It should prove to be particularly attractive for the
many tourists who now visit Sydney every year and want to explore
this great city.”
Sydney’s new smart card ticketing system had been deliberately
“future-proofed” to be able to easily accept new technologies like
contactless, once they had been proven in markets overseas.
Contactless “pay as you go” bank card technology is not a
replacement for Opal but will operate in tandem with the Opal card
system. Cubic and Transport for London (TfL) pioneered contactless
“pay as you go” technology with a launch on London buses in 2012,
followed by a whole system rollout in 2014 across the rest of the
TfL network.
The trial on the Sydney Ferries F1 Manly to Circular Quay
service follows Cubic’s announcement in December 2016 that the
company had received a contract worth up to USD $8.8 million or AUD
$12 million from TfNSW to deliver a trial of London-style open
payments ticketing technology in Australia’s largest city.
About Cubic Corporation
Cubic Corporation designs, integrates and operates systems,
products and services focused in the transportation, defense
training and secure communications markets. Cubic Transportation
Systems is a leading integrator of payment and information
technology and services to create intelligent travel solutions for
transportation authorities and operators. Cubic Global Defense is a
leading provider of live, virtual, constructive and game-based
training solutions, special operations and intelligence for the
U.S. and allied forces. Cubic Mission Solutions provides networked
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for defense,
intelligence, security and commercial missions. For more
information about Cubic, please visit the company's website
at www.cubic.com or on Twitter @CubicCorp.
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