Express-lane trials at Central Station

A move away from the Go-Card will begin in Brisbane today with express lanes being trialled at Central Station for a month.

New, faster readers and no automatically-closing gates will be trialled between 7am - 9am at Central Station for the next month.

Translink is beginning to design card readers for Queensland’s new smart-ticketing system, to be introduced by 2022.

70% of people are expected to drop the Go-Card in favour of using their mobile phone, a payWave-enabled card, their smartwatch, Fitbits or even a student card to pay for travel.

Image: Sydney Morning Herald