NXP Takes Melbourne Transit Mobile with Google Pay Integration for Trains, Buses and Trams

NXP Semiconductors announced that the Public Transport Victoria (PTV) network in Australia implemented NXP’s end-to-end MIFARE 2GO cloud service with Google Pay to take its myki transit card mobile. Deployed by system integrator NTT DATA, the new mobile myki is being used across PTV buses, trains and trams in Melbourne and throughout the regional Victoria area. NXP’s MIFARE 2GO cloud service is the first to work with Google Pay to enable mobile ticketing in multiple transportation modes and scalability across all compatible Android NFC-enabled phones, giving citizens convenient and efficient travel options in smart cities.

MIFARE 2GO is a cloud service that manages digitized MIFARE product-based credentials. It connects services with devices—and helps operators issue their services instantly on any NFC-enabled mobile device. Today, there are 12 million active myki cards based on NXP’s MIFARE DESFire ICs and PTV processes 600 million transactions annually, making Victoria one of the largest ticketing systems worldwide.

Mobile myki allows commuters to use their phone to purchase a pass or add a balance to a virtual myki card stored in Google Pay. The user can use Google Pay to make the purchase and instantly save the ticket to the mobile device, ready to ride, saving users time. Mobile myki offers the same convenience as a physical card -- users simply hold their phone to the transit terminal with the screen powered on. There is no need to spend time unlocking the phone or opening the app, keeping riders moving quickly and efficiently along their journey.