AQW 4023/16-21

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 27/09/2016
Answered On Date: 21/10/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether there will be any differentiation in the ticketing system for use on Metro buses and Belfast Rapid Transit buses from 1 October 2018.

Answer:

When the Belfast Rapid Transit Ticketing (BRT) System is introduced, customers on both Metro and BRT services will be able to purchase and use common paper tickets and smartcards.

When the BRT services are introduced in 2018, customers who use either Metro or BRT services (or both), will be able to purchase and use the following methods to access those services:

•Paper single tickets

•Paper day tickets

•Metro Multi-Journey Smartlink cards

•Metro Travelcards

•Metro DayLink smartcards

•iLink Travelcards

•Free Concessionary Smartpasses

•Half-fare Concessionary Smartpasses

•yLink cards

That is customers will be able to use all of the paper tickets and smartcards which can be currently purchased and used on Metro services.

Translink has advised that ePurse smartcards will be introduced in August 2020.