Tap and go payments announced for NSW regional buses

More than 400 bus services throughout regional NSW will have tap-and-go payment options by the end of 2027.

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00:00By 2027, we will have the capacity for contactless payments on regional buses right across regional NSW.

00:09We've got 400 buses that will be able to accept this technology as it rolls out.

00:14The rollout will take some time.

00:16We've seen right across regional NSW a real hunger to be able to use contactless payments.

00:23With the rollout of the trial, we've seen a 42% uptake in people choosing to pay through contactless technology.

00:30So that might be a credit card or tapping on their phone.

00:33So this is really important because it's giving people the option.

00:36We know that cash is still something that a lot of people want to use when they get on the buses

00:41but we also know that a lot of people don't want to have to carry cash

00:45and they don't want to have to get change and muck around with that.

00:50So this is a really good option to give choice to everyone across the state.