One e-ticket to rule them all
By Nick Heath
Published: 24 September 2008 14:55 BST
Dublin is to get its own equivalent of London's Oyster card that will allow public transport travel on a single 'wave and pay' smart card.
The prepay e-ticket will be phased in across all public transport from late 2009, and will eventually be useable on all buses, trains, trams and coaches in the city.
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Some Dublin buses have already been fitted with smart card readers, with e-tickets being made available from July 2008.
The complete Integrated Ticketing System (ITS) will be able to handle up to two million transactions per day and could be extended to add internet top-ups and contactless retail payments.
The system is part of Ireland's Transport 21 project, which will see Ireland invest a total of €34bn in its transport infrastructure before 2015.
US services giant IBM will deliver the infrastructure for the ITS.
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