Английская Википедия:Bee Card (payment card)

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The Bee Card is an electronic fare payment smart card that is used on bus services in ten regions of New Zealand, along with the Te Huia train service between Hamilton (Waikato) and Auckland. It can also be used on Queenstown Ferries. It is used as a tag on-tag off card on buses, with paper tickets remaining available for use for each of the individual region’s public transport network systems.

First launched in late 2019 in Northland, it has since expanded to regions including Manawatū–Whanganui, Invercargill, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Nelson, Hawke's Bay and Otago with Taranaki switching to the Bee Card in late 2020, ending the main rollout. Gisborne's GizzyBus was added to the system in 2022, along with Queenstown Ferries. It also replaced the separate pre-existing fare card systems that were used by individual regional councils such as the BUSIT card (Waikato) and the GoCard (Otago).

History

Background

The National Ticketing Solution (NTS) is a proposed nationwide electronic public transport ticketing system, expected to be implemented by 2026. The Bee Card is an interim ticketing system to be used until the implementation of the nationwide system.

In 2013, nine regional councils formed a “Regional Consortium” to represent their interests in public transport matters, which led to the creation of the Bee Card.

Rollout timeline

The rollout of the card was gradual.

• On 20 November 2019, Whangārei was the first city to use the system.
• The second city to rollout the card was Whanganui on 9 December 2019. Other places in the Manawatū–Whanganui region (i.e. Palmerston North, Ashhurst, Feilding, Levin, and Marton) switched to the system between December 2019 and July 2020, as it was delayed over teething problems.
• Invercargill replaced its Bus Smart card with Bee Card on 22 June 2020.
• Waikato switched from BUSIT cards to Bee Cards on 6 July 2020.
• Bee Card was introduced to the Bay of Plenty's Katikati, Kawerau, Omokoroa, Ōpōtiki, Rotorua and Whakatāne on 20 July and to Tauranga on 27 July 2020, replacing both the Tauranga and Rotorua Smartride cards.
• Nelson's NBus Card was replaced on 3 August 2020.
• Hawke's Bay replaced its goBay cards on 24 August 2020.
• The Bee Card replaced the GoCard in Dunedin on 1 September 2020 and in Queenstown on 15 September 2020. A simplified fare structure and implementation of the Bee Card led to increased bus passenger numbers in Dunedin.
• Taranaki replaced its Citylink and Connector cards with the Bee Card on 19 October 2020. With cheaper fares and an easier payment method, an example of the Bee Card rollout’s benefits was an increase in individual bus trips on Taranaki’s Waitara route.
• The Te Huia train accepted the Bee Card from its first service on 6 April 2021.
• The GizzyBus system in Gisborne (along a replacement of its previous smartcard) was added to the Bee Card system in 2022. At around the same time, Otago's Queenstown Ferries was also added to the system.

Operation

The Bee Card is used in ten regions of New Zealand. These regions are (from north to south):

• Northland
• Waikato
• Bay of Plenty
• Gisborne
• Hawke's Bay
• Taranaki
• Manawatū–Whanganui
• Nelson
• Otago
• Southland.

The card is tapped at a card reader when boarding a bus and upon alighting which deducts the relevant fare based on how many zones is travelled in some regions, or a flat fare in other regions, regardless of distance travelled. The Te Huia train uses a portable onboard card reader that a passenger attendant uses to remotely scan each passenger's card to deduct the relevant fare based on distance travelled. It can also be used on Queenstown Ferries.

See also

• Public transport in New Zealand
• Public transport in the Otago Region
• Transport in Invercargill
• Public transport in New Plymouth
• Public transport in Waikato