Korean buses trial ‘tagless’ Bluetooth fare payments • NFCW

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By Tom Phillips ^[2] • 2 June 2021 • Updated 2 June 2021 • nfcw.com ^[3]

Passengers travelling on three inter-regional bus routes in South Korea’s Gyeonggi-do province can now test a ‘tagless’ fare payment system that enables them to pay for their tickets without needing to tap an onboard contactless reader with their transit card or smartphone.

The system uses Bluetooth technology to enable onboard fare readers located close to the bus doors to detect a Bluetooth signal from a passenger’s smartphone when they board and alight from the vehicle.

To use the service, passengers first install a ‘tagless pay’ app on their smartphone and register a pre- or post-paid transit card that is charged automatically for their fare payments.

“When transferring with subways and buses that do not provide contactless fare payment service, the transfer discount can be applied as it is by touching (tag) the card terminal with the smartphone screen turned on,” Gyeonggi-do Province Transportation Bureau ^[4] explains.

“In addition, if a passenger presses the app’s mobile drop-off bell button before getting off the bus, an alarm is displayed to the bus driver that there are passengers getting off, eliminating the need to manually

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