Myki

Myki

Myki ( /ˈmaɪ.kiː/ MY-kee), marketed as 'myki' is a contactless smartcard ticketing system being rolled-out on public transport in Victoria, Australia. myki is replacing the Metcard ticketing system in metropolitan Melbourne, separate ticketing systems on buses in some regional towns and, eventually, V/Line tickets for regional Victoria. The myki card is a re-usable card, which stores value and is used to pay public transport fares.

Myki is now valid for travel on all metropolitan train, tram and bus services, including some V/Line services serving Zone 2 stations, on regional bus services in Geelong (including the Bellarine Peninsula), Ballarat, Bendigo, Seymour, Moe, Morwell, Traralgon and Warragul, and on V/Line services for travel between stations within the Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo urban areas.

The initial Melbourne metropolitan roll-out for myki began on Tuesday 29 December 2009, seeing myki valid for travel on Melbourne metropolitan train services. On Sunday 25 July 2010, myki coverage was extended to cover Melbourne metropolitan bus and tram services. No date has yet been announced for use on regional train and bus services. It is intended that the Skybus Super Shuttle Melbourne Airport service (with its own, premium fares) will also accept myki once the system is fully operational.

The myki system is provided by Kamco (Keane Australia Micropayment Consortium), a wholly owned subsidiary of the American company Keane Inc, (owned by NTT Data as of 3 January 2011 (2011 -01-03)) and as of 12 July 2005 (2005 -07-12), an alliance of Keane Australia, Ascom, ERG, and Giesecke & Devrient Australasia (G&D).