Opus (Public Transportation)

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OPUS is the name of a Smart Card which is being gradually introduced over 2008 in many Quebec public transit systems^[1]. One card can contain up to four different fares (tickets, monthly or weekly passes). The aim of this card is to reduce the amount of fraud caused by fare evasion.

Contents 1 Initial Participating Transit Authorities 2 Later Participants 3 Rollout Phases 4 References

[edit] Initial Participating Transit Authorities

These will introduce OPUS in Fall 2008.

• Agence métropolitaine de transport^[2]
• Société de transport de Montréal^[3]
• Société de transport de Laval^[4]
• Reseau de transport de Longueuil^[5]
• Reseau de transport de la Capitale^[6]
• CIT Sorel Varennes

[edit] Later Participants

These will introduce OPUS by Summer 2009^[7].

• CIT Laurentides
• CRT Lanaudiere
• Ville de Sainte-Julie
• CIT Vallée-Richelieu
• CIT Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan
• CIT Le Richelain
• CIT Rousillon
• CIT Sud Ouest
• CIT Haut-Saint-Laurent
• CIT La Presqu'Ile

[edit] Rollout Phases

• Spring 2008 - Testing with employees of transit authorities and select groups of testers.
• Spring 2008 - Deployed for users of the RTL only.
• Fall 2008 - Deployed for students on all three transit authorities as well as AMT TRAM users and CIT Sorel Varennes.
• Late Fall 2008 - Deployed for all regular fare users of all three transit authorities as well as AMT TRAM users and CIT Sorel Varennes.
• Spring 2009 - Deployed for users of CIT systems.

[edit] References

1. ^ Smart transit cards come to Montreal, Quebec
2. ^ OPUS s'en vient bientôt
3. ^ Carte OPUS STM
4. ^ [1] STL - Smart Card Information
5. ^ RTL - Carte a Puce
6. ^ RTC - Care a Puce
7. ^ OPUS s'en vient bientôt