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The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads in Australia is pulling regional bus operators out of Cubic’s Smart Ticketing project, apparently decreasing the size of the vendor’s contract. Other descoping of the project is possible. And Cubic’s sole-source contract with the island state of Tasmania–which is to piggyback on the Smart Ticketing platform-is at risk
The Smart Ticketing project has been beset by delays, as well as reported budget overruns. Cubic won an AU$371 million (US$245.2 million) contract to provide a new fare system, including open-loop payments and account-based ticketing, in Australia’s third-largest state, Queensland, in 2018.
• TMR (Queensland)
• Cubic
• Translink (Queensland)
The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads in Australia has confirmed to Mobility Payments it has “reallocated funding” for regional bus operators to “choose their own ticketing solution”– a move that appears to reduce the size of Cubic Transportation Systems’ contract with the government.
The Smart Ticketing project has been beset by delays, as well as reported budget overruns. Cubic won an AU$371 million (US$245.2 million) contract to provide a new fare system, including open-loop payments and account-based ticketing, in Australia’s third-largest state, Queensland, in 2018.
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