Bee Card (payment card)

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Bee Card
BusIt and Bee cards.jpg
Bee Cards (right) replaced BUSIT cards (left) in Waikato on 1 July 2020
Location Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Invercargill, Nelson, Northland, Otago, Taranaki, Waikato, Manawatū–Whanganui
LaunchedNovember 2019;4 years ago (2019-11)
Technology
  • INIT
ManagerBee Card Regional Consortium
Currency NZD
Stored-value Pay as you go
Auto rechargeAuto Top Up
Validity
  • Buses in 10 regions
  • Te Huia
  • Queenstown Ferries
Retailed
  • Online
  • Retail outlets
Website https://beecard.co.nz

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.

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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. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The Bee Card is an interim ticketing system to be used until the implementation of the nationwide system. [6] [7]

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. [8]

Rollout timeline

The rollout of the card was gradual.

Operation

The Bee Card is used in ten regions of New Zealand. These regions are (from north to south): [32]

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, [33] [34] or a flat fare in other regions, [33] [35] [36] regardless of distance travelled. [37] 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. [28] [29] It can also be used on Queenstown Ferries. [38] [39]

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