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Vancouver transit authority TransLink is seeking to further narrow its short list of four vendors for its large contract for a new fare system. The procurement sets up a new test for incumbent Cubic Transportation Systems.
Much is at stake for Cubic and the other vendors, with the TransLink fare system contract worth CA$500 million (US$359 million) in capital expenditures alone, one of the largest fare-system deals now in play globally.
• TransLink (Vancouver)
• Cubic
• TfL (London)
• Others
Cubic Transportation Systems has made it into the final four of a must-win procurement in Vancouver but now has to get past three rivals–two of which have already beaten it for major contracts within the past year, Mobility Payments has learned.
Cubic has much to prove as it takes on


