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SmartRider
SmartRider is the contactless electronic ticketing system of the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia. The system uses RFID smartcard technology to process public transport fares across public bus, train, and ferry services.
The system is widely used across the Transperth public transport network in metropolitan Perth, as well as regional town bus services in TransAlbany, TransBunbury, TransBusselton, TransEsperance, TransGeraldton, TransHedland, TransGoldfields, TransKarratha, and TransCarnarvon in Western Australian regional centres. SmartRider is not used for ticketing on Transwa train and coach services but can be recognized as proof of entitlement to concession fares, including for coach travel on South West Coach Lines.
The SmartRider is a credit card-sized smartcard incorporating a microchip and internal aerial, allowing the smartcard to communicate with processors located at Transperth railway stations, on Transperth ferries, and on Transperth and regional town bus services. The microchip enables value to be loaded onto the card, as well as allowing the journey details to be recorded and the appropriate fare deducted from the stored value on the card.
The SmartRider system is designed so that passengers can "tag on" and "tag off" any services whenever they travel through the public transport network. As of 2020–21, 78.9% of all fare-paying boardings were made using a SmartRider.
In July 2003, a Delairco Bartrol / Wayfarer Transit Systems consortium was named as the preferred bidder to deliver a smartcard ticketing system to Perth.
The roll-out of SmartRider was originally planned for January to be completed in 2005, but due to problems with the implementation of reader technology, the key dates changed several times. SmartRiders became available to all members of the public from 14 January 2007.
The SmartRider was rolled out progressively to different groups of customers:
For much of the control group testing, Transperth offered full or partial fare refunds to prevent software problems causing overcharging.
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SmartRider
SmartRider is the contactless electronic ticketing system of the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia. The system uses RFID smartcard technology to process public transport fares across public bus, train, and ferry services.
The system is widely used across the Transperth public transport network in metropolitan Perth, as well as regional town bus services in TransAlbany, TransBunbury, TransBusselton, TransEsperance, TransGeraldton, TransHedland, TransGoldfields, TransKarratha, and TransCarnarvon in Western Australian regional centres. SmartRider is not used for ticketing on Transwa train and coach services but can be recognized as proof of entitlement to concession fares, including for coach travel on South West Coach Lines.
The SmartRider is a credit card-sized smartcard incorporating a microchip and internal aerial, allowing the smartcard to communicate with processors located at Transperth railway stations, on Transperth ferries, and on Transperth and regional town bus services. The microchip enables value to be loaded onto the card, as well as allowing the journey details to be recorded and the appropriate fare deducted from the stored value on the card.
The SmartRider system is designed so that passengers can "tag on" and "tag off" any services whenever they travel through the public transport network. As of 2020–21, 78.9% of all fare-paying boardings were made using a SmartRider.
In July 2003, a Delairco Bartrol / Wayfarer Transit Systems consortium was named as the preferred bidder to deliver a smartcard ticketing system to Perth.
The roll-out of SmartRider was originally planned for January to be completed in 2005, but due to problems with the implementation of reader technology, the key dates changed several times. SmartRiders became available to all members of the public from 14 January 2007.
The SmartRider was rolled out progressively to different groups of customers:
For much of the control group testing, Transperth offered full or partial fare refunds to prevent software problems causing overcharging.