Queensland rolls out contactless ticketing to three additional rail lines

Passengers travelling on the Caboolture, Redcliffe Peninsula and Gold Coast railway lines in south east Queensland (Australia) 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.

Transit authority Translink has extended its Smart Ticketing system to the three lines as part of an ongoing project to implement open loop contactless fare payments on trains, buses, trams and ferries across the state.

Translink launched an initial trial of the system on the G:Link light rail network on Queensland’s Gold Coast in December 2020 and a second pilot on the Ferny Grove suburban rail line in Brisbane in June this year.