Passenger Bus, Rail and Motorcoach Industry News

The maximum value of the services to be provided by Cubic to RailCorp under the contract is expected to be approximately $65 million. The contract includes provisions to be extended with two one-year options for services.

Company will transition the agency from its current agency-issued fare media to an open payment system where customers can use their existing credit or debit cards as a ticket, bringing the retail experience to transit ticketing.

Cubic demonstrated a preproduction prototype of its Clear-Use molecularly imprinted polymer optical explosives and radiological detection system during the 2011 SecureTech public safety and security conference held in October.

The Clipper Card regional system will be the largest in the U.S. once Cubic completes integration across all Bay Area transit operators.

Services will begin in July and include operation of the patron call center where cardholders can call or email to register their smart card, receive account information, retrieve lost passwords for online ordering and more.

The contract is valued at $370 million for the design, development and implementation and fixed maintenance components of the Public Transport Ticketing Corp., Sydney’s Electronic Ticketing System.

eAccess, LLC is Cubic Corp.'s RFID and smart card production company. Through strategic alliances with companies in Asia, North America, South America and the Middle East, eAccess offers smart card supply and combined services from Cubic.

A long-time customer, Muni is partially funding the project with federal stimulus money. Installation of the new fare collection equipment is planned to start in late 2010 and will be fully operational by the spring of 2011.

The agreement initially will cover servicing the TransLink contract in the San Francisco Bay Area and eventually include the other transit agencies currently using Vix ERG MASS systems.

Providing new capabilities for an all-in-one reader that will process bank cards, prepaid cards and smart card-enabled mobile phones.