Contactless and phone payment trial on buses expected in early 2023, says Eamon Ryan

The National Transport Authority are set to roll out a pilot scheme for contactless payments on buses in the first half of 2023

CONTACTLESS AND PHONE payments on public transport will be rolled out as part of a pilot scheme in the first half of 2023, according to Transport Minister Eamon Ryan.

A spokesperson for the Minister confirmed that the National Transport Authority were aiming to pilot contactless payments on buses across some Public Service Obligation services – including Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus – starting in Q2 2023. Dublin Bus has since apologised for the issues surrounding its real-time information system, telling the Oireachtas Transport Committee that “our services have on occasions fallen below our own high standards”.

He added that the National Transport Authority were “committed” to investing everything they can into a new IT system.

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