Day one of Melbourne’s contactless "tap and go" rollout:

- Lines: Craigieburn, Upfield, Seymour, Ballarat
- Total taps: 5,159

Anecdotally I've not seen or heard any real issues. Personally, my billing data for both physical card and Apple Pay tallied the correct figures, including free 'change of mind'.

Still to come:

- Readers for V/Line conductors and AOs need updating
- Presumably: wait at least a month to determine that billing all looks correct, with no major anomalies.

It's something that most people don't consider - and shouldn't have to, really. How does a new currency symbol end up supported by every computer and phone in the world?

The process to ensure our text communications interchange consistently now and for decades (and centuries?) to come isn't taken lightly by anyone at Unicode.

And the fact that it is so human-dependant, is what also makes it interesting. https://blog.unicode.org/2026/02/from-central-bank-to-code-point-roadmap.html

RE: https://mastodon.world/@expresstransit/116237349842463595

You can pretty much leave your wallet at home for everything in Glasgow except the Subway…until now 🥳 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🚇

Going live as soon as the stations open (any minute now).

Terminology for contactless bank card payments on public transport in Australia:

⛪️ Adelaide: Tap and Pay
🏝️ Brisbane: Contactless
🏡 Canberra: Contactless
⛴️ Hobart: Contactless
☀️ Perth: Contactless
⛴️ Sydney: Contactless
🏙️ Melbourne: Tap and go

Other cities:

🇬🇷 Athens: tap2ride
🇪🇸 Barcelona: Contactless
🇩🇰 Copenhagen: Contactless
🇭🇰 Hong Kong: Contactless
🇵🇹 Lisbon: Contactless
🇬🇧 London: Contactless
🇺🇸 New York: Tap and ride
🇰🇷 Seoul: Contactless
🇨🇦 Toronto: Tap to Pay

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