Daniel BowenMar 13
#Myki Tap And Go public trial announced, starting on Upfield, Craigieburn, Seymour, Ballarat lines on Monday.
This quick video is from the test centre a few weeks ago: locked iPhone, tap with Express Mode works. Mastercard was correctly charged.
Will be great to have this fully rolled out!💳🚉😀👍
#Melbourne
Show threadDaniel BowenMar 13
More details of the #Myki Tap And Go trial on the blog https://danielbowen.com/2026/03/14/myki-tap-and-go-public-trial/
Myki Tap and Go: Public trial

It's finally here... almost. Tap and Go fare payments will be trialled from Monday (16th March) on the Craigieburn, Upfield, Ballarat and Seymour lines. This is important technology. Having bank cards (and connected devices such as phones) as a fare payment option is vital for new and occasional users, including tourists. They don't want the [...]

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Show threadTim RichardsMar 14
@danielbowen Good stuff. Am I right in thinking that the ability to (eventually) charge concession fares via contactless will make Melbourne's system a world leader in that area?
Show threadJames CridlandMar 14

@timrichards @danielbowen London’s system, often credited as a world leader, doesn’t do concession fares via contactless. It’s either entirely free with a pensioner card, or a student card needs topping up online.

For contactless to be linked to a person, I’m curious how those work with cards on phones/watches (which are different numbers to your plastic cards); and it already sounds like a customer support nightmare waiting to happen.

Show threadTim RichardsMar 14
@james @danielbowen I'm guessing that users will nominate a particular credit card number to be associated with the account, eg the Apple Pay number representing one's credit card. Will be very useful if they can set it up.
Show threadDaniel BowenMar 14

@timrichards @james yeah it'll be some kind of registration. In the lab they showed me how to check the number within Apple Pay, so it's do-able.

Whether concessions is world-leading or not rather depends on when they deliver it!

Show threadJames CridlandMar 14

@danielbowen @timrichards I would want to connect my physical card, my phone card and my watch card.

But it strikes me that the UX could be easy enough: “If you’re a concession card holder, tap your concession card just before your payment card.”

Show threadDaniel Bowen
@james @timrichards In theory yes... though potentially disruptive at busy stations.
But what is a concession card in this context? It might be a uni or high school student ID, it might be a Commonwealth Health Care Card, or any number of other types... and I doubt most of them have NFC. https://transport.vic.gov.au/tickets-and-myki/myki/myki-types/concession-myki
Concession myki

Transport Victoria
Mar 14 at 9:58amWeb