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Melbournes Commuters Embrace Contactless Payments: A New Era of Convenience and Efficiency

Starting Monday, commuters on four train lines in Melbourne and regional Victoria can tap on using a bank card or iPhone at fifty-six stations. This trial runs through March and April, letting people skip the myki card for contactless payments. More than three thousand new ticket readers have gone in across nearly two hundred eighty stations. The upgrade promises quicker trips without fumbling for cards. Public transport leaders say it builds trust in the tech, and riders welcome the convenience after years of complaints about the old system. This is part of a one billion seven hundred million dollar deal signed in twenty twenty-three with a U.S. firm to revamp ticketing for fifteen years.

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