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xlinknz

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#293328 13-Jan-2022 19:34
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I purchased a Snapper card today for the first time so I could use on the Johnsonville Wellington line...

 

After I made that $12 purchase (not $10 as the RRP indicates) at a convenience store I wondered

 

     

  1. If Metlink want to encourage people to use and stop buying cardboard and paper tickets why not provide the blank cards free or less than the $10 cost (a mobile SIM is often $5)
  2. Why don't they have a cardless option e.g. virtual card on mobile as is done with credit/debit cards and soon eSIMs? (or is the snap on/off infrastructure not modern enough)?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  #2850306 13-Jan-2022 21:14
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Because Snapper is essentially a legacy product...

 

 

 

Everyone is now waiting for the result of the Government's "next great thing" Project NEXT.... the National Ticketing Solution,

 

https://www.nzta.govt.nz/walking-cycling-and-public-transport/public-transport/national-ticketing-solution/

 

However as with all boondoggles its running hideously late, likely hugely over budget and as a result it has paralysed any significant spending in that space until the Vendor is selected and the technology path is clear...

 

(but it is promised to be a token based system as opposed to the current stored value cards.. Snapper are bidding, along with I suspect the regular international suspects,) 

 

 

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