CTS extends contactless payments to Sydney's trains

378 Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) is extending Sydney’s contactless payment system beyond light rail and ferries to include the Australian city’s train network.

The technology allows commuters to pay for ticketing via credit cards, smart watches and other electronic devices, alongside the Opal card.

CTS’s Asia-Pacific team and Transport for New South Wales initially made the contactless system available for the city’s Manly ferry service in 2017.

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Tom Walker, senior vice president and managing director of CTS Asia-Pacific, says the project is driven by New South Wales Transport and transport minister Andrew Constance’s plans for using advanced technologies to improve transport for commuters.

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