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Sydney's Public Transport Ticketing System|-|Release completion:| 2011{{cite news | last = Baker | first = Jordan | title = Tcard far too complex to work, say experts | language = English | publisher = Sydney Morning Herald | date = [2007-03-19 | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/transport/tcard-far-too-complex-to-work-say-experts/2007/03/19/1174152972918.html | accessdate = 2007-07-09--> |-|Prior System:|Automated Fare Collection System ticketing system to be introduced on public transport in [Sydney, New South Wales by 2011.

The card will replace the existing Automated Fare Collection System on CityRail, Sydney Buses, Western Sydney Buses, Sydney Ferries and Newcastle Buses & Ferries services. It will also bring private-sector bus, rail and ferry operators into the city's integrated ticketing system.

As of August 2007, the Tcard is still in development phase. It is unforeseen that commercial operation of Tcard will be available until late 2008 onwards, even though fare structures have been reduced. It is said that although that buses are now operating under a common fare rule, the fare stage is still set at different prices, making it difficult to program daily caps.

History Sydney has used a number of automated ticketing systems since the opening of the Eastern Suburbs Railway in 1979. At present, government-run buses, trains and ferries use the Automated Fare Collection System, rolled out between 1988 and 1993.

A replacement system, based on smart card technology, was first announced by the Government of New South Wales in 1996. The contract to install and operate Tcard, as the plan became known, was awarded to ERG Group in 2003. ERG developed the Octopus Card smart card ticketing system in Hong Kong and delivered magnetic stripe based ticketing systems in both Sydney and Melbourne in the 1990s.

In 2005, a limited trial of the technology involving school children using the School Student Transport Scheme was undertaken, and expanded to cover all private-sector bus services in 2006.

In a bid to smooth the introduction of Tcard, the government established the Public Transport Ticketing Corporation to oversee the project. The corporation commenced operations in July 2006. Originally slated for a 2007 introduction, political and technical concerns meant the Tcard rollout timetable project was pushed back. Ridiculing the revised timetable, opposition transport spokesman Barry O'Farrell told Parliament that "The only smart move by the Minister for Transport is putting off implementation of the full operation of the Tcard until after the 2007 New South Wales legislative election, 2007."{{cite hansard| url= http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hanstrans.nsf/v3ByKey/LA20060301| house= New South Wales Legislative Assembly| date= 2006-03-01-->.

Relations between the Government and ERG Group was at its lowest in 2007, after the Minister for Transport sought legal advice on terminating the contract. In April of 2007, an official letter from the Public Transport Ticketing Corporation was sent to ERG complaining about numerous concern such as software problems dogging the project. However, after receiving a very thorough response from ERG with a plan to complete the project by its 2009 deadline, the Minister wrote another letter retracting the first letter. {{cite news | last = Besser | first = Linton | title = Cruel Tcard twist to hit commuters | language = English | publisher = Sydney Morning Herald | date = [2007-10-11 | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/cruel-tcard-twist-to-hit-commuters/2007/10/10/1191695991669.html | accessdate = 2007-10-11-->

Through 2007, commuter field trials on Sydney Buses services in the city's Inner West (Sydney) were conducted. Initial trials of the card were not very successful as bus drivers threatened a boycott due to the machine crashing when printing tickets. {{cite news | last = Baker | first = Jordan | title = Driver boycott delays Tcard once again | language = English | publisher = Sydney Morning Herald | date = [2007-06-15 | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/driver-boycott-delays-tcard-once-again/2007/06/14/1181414469692.html | accessdate = 2007-08-02-->

Because of the complex arrangement of current fare system, and varying reports and recommendations on how the new system should replace the current system including elimination of TravelPasses and weekly RailPasses, the government has deferred the decision on the Tcard indefinitely.

Technology Tcard is based on smart card technology. A chip embedded in the Tcard communicates with the card reader through RFID induction technology (at data rates of 106 to 848 kbit/s). These cards require only close proximity to an antenna to complete transaction. They are often used when transactions must be processed quickly or hands-free, such as on mass transit systems, where smart cards do not have to be removed from a wallet for use.

Like smart cards with contacts, contactless cards do not have a battery. Instead, they use a built-in inductor to capture some of the incident radio-frequency interrogation signal, rectify it, and use it to power the card's electronics.

Similar systems operate in cities such as Hong Kong and London. A smartcard system called myki is being rollout in Melbourne, and the SmartRider system has been launched in Perth, Western Australia.

References

See also

MultiRider
SmartRider
myki

External links

Tcard Website
ERG Group Products
MIFare-based public transport in Australia
MIFARE DESFire

External links

Tcard Website
ERG Group Products
MIFare-based public transport in Australia
MIFARE DESFire

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