Cubic’s go card Expands to Southern Moreton Bay Islands

Cubic’s go card Expands to Southern Moreton Bay Islands

BRISBANE, Australia – July 8, 2013 – The go card system designed and delivered by Cubic Transportation Systems Australia, part of the transportation systems division of Cubic Corporation (NYSE:CUB), has undergone a major network extension in South East Queensland with ferry services for Southern Moreton Bay islands (SMBI) officially becoming part of the TransLink network this week.

More than 4,500 residents who reside on Karragarra, Lamb, Macleay and Russell Islands will now be able to use the go card as they commute between the islands and the mainland.   

TransLink’s Deputy Director General Matt Longland, who launched the extension on July 1 at Redland Bay, said the move was a historic occasion, as it represented the first major extension of the integrated transport network since it was formed in 2004.

“The move into SMBI means new services, a new operator – Bay Island Transit Systems (BITS) – and new customers using go card,” said Longland. “There are more than one million passenger trips taken in SMBI each year.”

Leading up to the launch, the State Government held a series of information sessions on the islands and handed out thousands of free go cards as part of a $75,000 promotion.

Cubic’s Queensland General Manager Basil Kypriadakis, who also joined the celebrations on July 1, said the upgrades took one month and four ferries were installed with the go card readers on-board.

“Cubic staff worked closely with TransLink and the SMBI technical and operations staff to install the equipment on the ferries in between trips so there was no disruption to the services. This now increases ferry services with go card capability to 32 in the South East Queensland precinct, SMBI residents will have access to all the benefits that come with electronic ticketing, including ease of access and the ability to use the go card across different transport modes.”

“Cubic is pleased to be supporting the growth of the network in one of their geographically largest ticketing systems in the world.  In Australia, the Opal project in Sydney is on track and we’re continuing to run a very successful and stable system in Queensland.”

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