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Metcard

Metcard was the brand name of an integrated ticketing system used to access public transport in Melbourne, Australia. It was a universal ticket which allowed users to ride on the city's Metlink and Metropolitan Transit Authority network, consisting of suburban trains, trams, and buses, including the NightRider network. The Metcard was a credit card-sized…

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Location
Melbourne
Currency
AUD
Discontinued
December 2012
Launched
May 1998
Manager
Transport Ticketing Authority
Retailed
Online · Telephone · Newsagents · Stations

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Fares

  • A$ Australian dollar
  • CPI Consumer price index

Infrastructure

Criticism

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Metcard

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples57
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
Components1

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Metcard

Top relations

related to Replacement · 14
Metcard → Approximately, December, February, Following, However, In, In June, July, Lynne Kosky, Metcards, November, The, Victorian Government, Victorian Public Transport Minister
related to Fares · 11
Metcard → Beyond April, Blue, Fares, In, Melbourne, Red, The, Until, V/Line, Yellow, Zone
related to Criticism · 9
Metcard → An, Criticism, Following, Furthermore, OneLink Transit Systems, The, The State Government, Usability, Victorian Government
related to Infrastructure · 8
Metcard → Authorised Metcard, Melbourne Town Hall, Met Shop, Metcards, Stony Point, Swanston Street, Ticket, When
Retailed · 4
Metcard → Newsagents, Online, Stations, Telephone
Currency · 1
Metcard → AUD
Discontinued · 1
Metcard → December 2012
Launched · 1
Metcard → May 1998
Location · 1
Metcard → Melbourne
Manager · 1
Metcard → Transport Ticketing Authority

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Important terminology

tickets system myki ticket 2012 stations melbourne machines zone railway trams ticketing transport buses also metcards metropolitan bus government transit

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MetcardCurrencyAUD1.00infobox
MetcardDiscontinuedDecember 20121.00infobox
MetcardLaunchedMay 19981.00infobox
MetcardLocationMelbourne1.00infobox
MetcardManagerTransport Ticketing Authority1.00infobox
MetcardRetailedOnline1.00infobox
MetcardRetailedTelephone1.00infobox
MetcardRetailedNewsagents1.00infobox
MetcardRetailedStations1.00infobox
MetcardSuccessorMyki1.00infobox
newsagenciesinstance ofAuthorised Metcard outlets0.80text
milk barsOnlineBy phoneTicket availability variedinstance ofAuthorised Metcard outlets0.80text

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