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OPUS Card and the ARTM's Regional Fare System

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The regional authority collapsed 17 fare grids and more than 750 fare products into four zones. In 2026 an ordinary bank card still works only on ten suburban bus lines north of the city.

Outcome🔄 Ongoing
Evidence🏛️ Official
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run byAutorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM); card accepted by the STM, exo, the RTL, the STL and the REM
Scale🗺️ Regional
Cost≈CAD 146M (Concerto ticketing replacement, incl. contingency)
FundingARTM (regional transit authority), Quebec public funding

Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,216 documented projects · 🏙️ 7 more in Montreal · 🚌 Public transport guide · 🚲 Mobility projects

The OPUS contactless card launched across Quebec transit in 2008 and is accepted by every operator in Greater Montreal — the STM, exo, the RTL, the STL and the REM. Since the 2017 reorganisation the ticketing platform belongs to the ARTM, the regional authority that also rewrote the fares: a reform rolled out from July 2021 to 2023 replaced 17 separate fare grids and more than 750 fare products with four zones. Bank cards work only on the STL's Laval buses, which have taken credit cards since 2017 and fleet-wide since 2022, and on nine exo bus lines north of the city where a two-year pilot began in December 2024. A CAD 146M replacement programme, Concerto, contracted to Masabi, is meant to bring contactless bank cards to the whole regular network in 2027, after tests in 2026; since July 2026 some Android users can validate a virtual OPUS at metro turnstiles.

Live 📅 since 2008

📊 Impact

Fare reform replaced 17 fare grids and more than 750 distinct fare products with 4 zones across the metropolitan region (ARTM). Single fare held at CAD 3.50 through the July 2022 phase; fares indexed about 3% on 1 July 2026.

🎓 Lesson

A regional fare authority can unify a fragmented fare structure years before it can modernise the technology underneath it. Montreal cut its zones from eight to four between 2021 and 2023, yet in 2026 a bank card still works only on Laval's buses and a handful of suburban exo routes.

🚲 MobilityPublic transportSmart ticketing

Sources

↗ ARTM — Le projet ConcertoRoadmap: 'Paiement par cartes bancaires dans certaines lignes d'autobus d'exo en couronne nord' (H2 2024), bank card payment network-wide plus 'mise en place du compte de mobilité' in 2026, alternative payment and post-payment in 2027. Also states the shift from a card-centric system to 'un compte client virtuel (compte centrique)', and that Concerto replaces 'la plateforme billettique OPUS'. Load-bearing source for the absence of open payment today.
↗ ARTM — Projet pilote de paiement par carte bancaire chez exo'Démarré en 2024, et prévu pour une durée de 2 ans' — a two-year pilot launched December 2024. 'Payer avec une carte de crédit ou de débit, physique ou numérisée' on the Saint-Jérôme local lines '100, 101, 102, 103, 105 et 107, de la ligne 9 et des lignes 23 et 24'. Sole verified location of open-loop payment in the region.
↗ ARTM — L'ARTM s'associe à Masabi pour développer une nouvelle solution billettiquePublished 16 July 2025Authority's own statement of supplier and cost: 'L'Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) annonce l'octroi un contrat à l'entreprise britannique Masabi'; 'Le projet respecte l'enveloppe budgétaire approuvée de 146 M$, incluant les fonds de contingence'; the platform 'prend en charge divers modes de paiement, notamment les cartes bancaires sans contact, les téléphones intelligents, les cartes à puce et les billets mobiles'.
↗ ARTM — Refonte tarifaire'4 zones tarifaires plutôt que 8'; before the reform the region carried 'plus de 750 titres de transport distincts' across '17 grilles tarifaires'. Phases: July 2021 (zones C and D), 2022 (four zones region-wide), 2023 (24h and 3-day titles). Source of the impact figures.
↗ Gouvernement du Québec — La refonte tarifaire se déploie à Laval, Longueuil et Montréal le 1er juillet 2022Published 28 April 2022Independent confirmation of the phase-2 date and structure: 'L'Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) déploiera la deuxième phase de la refonte tarifaire le 1er juillet 2022'; 'un découpage du territoire en quatre zones'; 'Le tarif unitaire est maintenu à 3,50 $'.
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↗ ARTM — Grille tarifaire 2026-2027Published 1 May 2026Current fare year: 'À compter du 1er juillet 2026, la majorité des titres de transport feront l'objet d'une indexation moyenne d'environ 3 %'. Contains no mention of fare capping.
↗ La Presse — Des usagers d'Android peuvent maintenant valider un passage avec leur téléphone (22 July 2026)Currency anchor, four days before review: some Android users can now validate a trip with their phone. This is a virtual OPUS title in the Chrono app, not a bank card. Article body blocked (403); headline and outlet verified by search, so treated as media-grade support only.
↗ STM — Lancement de la carte OPUS dans les transports collectifs au Québec (2008)Published 21 April 2008Operator press release announcing the OPUS launch in 2008, with students served in autumn 2008 and regular customers in Montreal, Laval and Longueuil in November 2008. Basis for yearStart.
↗ Wikipedia — Opus cardWeakest source, used only for two supporting details: the card follows the Calypso / ISO-IEC 14443 standard, and 'Following Montreal's public transport reorganization effective June 1, 2017, the Opus ticketing system has been the property of the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM), which has delegated its management to the STM.' The delegation detail is single-sourced and deliberately kept out of the entry fields.
↗ Mass Transit — Credit card payments now accepted on all STL buses (13 Apr 2022)STL press release: 'now accepting credit card payments on its entire bus fleet', after introducing them on some buses five years earlier; supported and funded by the ARTM, with Flowbird and Moneris.

📅 How old is the evidence?

Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2008. 6 of 10 sources carry a publication date, from 21 April 2008 to 22 July 2026.

When the sources were published

  1. Société de transport de Montréal (STM) · operatorSTM — Lancement de la carte OPUS dans les transports collectifs au Québec (2008)
  2. Mass Transit — Credit card payments now accepted on all STL buses (13 Apr 2022)
  3. Gouvernement du Québec · regional governmentGouvernement du Québec — La refonte tarifaire se déploie à Laval, Longueuil et Montréal le 1er juillet 2022
  4. Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) · operatorARTM — L'ARTM s'associe à Masabi pour développer une nouvelle solution billettique
  5. Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) · operatorARTM — Grille tarifaire 2026-2027
  6. La Presse · pressLa Presse — Des usagers d'Android peuvent maintenant valider un passage avec leur téléphone (22 July 2026)

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Claim 1 clm-f97a1814054e7ff0 quantitative
The OPUS contactless card launched across Quebec transit in 2008
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The STM's April 2008 release announces OPUS deployment from April 2008 to June 2009: students at the 2008 school start, regular customers in Montreal, Laval and Longueuil in November 2008.
Caveat
The rollout ran from April 2008 to June 2009.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. STM — Lancement de la carte OPUS dans les transports collectifs au Québec (2008)
Claim 2 clm-16fb3f3832ede6af descriptive
is accepted by every operator in Greater Montreal — the STM, exo, the RTL, the STL and the REM
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The Opus card's infobox lists validity on Exo, the Réseau express métropolitain, the STM, the STL and the RTL.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Wikipedia — Opus card
Claim 3 clm-7825df35f7e86f6a quantitative
Since the 2017 reorganisation the ticketing platform belongs to the ARTM
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
Wikipedia: since the reorganisation effective 1 June 2017 the Opus ticketing system has been the property of the ARTM; the ARTM's Concerto page describes replacing 'la plateforme billettique OPUS' as its own project.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Wikipedia — Opus card
  2. ARTM — Le projet Concerto
Claim 4 clm-92b129a49bebe76e quantitative
a reform rolled out from July 2021 to 2023 replaced 17 separate fare grids and more than 750 fare products with four zones
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The ARTM says that before the first phase in July 2021 the region had more than 750 distinct fare products across 17 fare grids, and that the reform uses four zones instead of eight, with phases in 2021, 2022 and 2023; Québec's 2022 release confirms the four-zone structure.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ARTM — Refonte tarifaire
  2. Gouvernement du Québec — La refonte tarifaire se déploie à Laval, Longueuil et Montréal le 1er juillet 2022
Claim 5 clm-9d72a1c76e7edc93 quantitative
Bank cards work only on the STL's Laval buses, which have taken credit cards since 2017 and fleet-wide since 2022
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The ARTM's pilot page calls the STL 'le premier organisme de transport au Canada à avoir offert, dès 2017, le paiement par carte de crédit'; Mass Transit reports in April 2022 that the STL now accepts credit cards on its entire bus fleet.
Caveat
'Only' rests on the ARTM's Concerto roadmap, which still schedules network-wide bank-card payment for 2027.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ARTM — Projet pilote de paiement par carte bancaire chez exo
  2. Mass Transit — Credit card payments now accepted on all STL buses (13 Apr 2022)
Claim 6 clm-3bc01279fa02bfa2 quantitative
on nine exo bus lines north of the city where a two-year pilot began in December 2024
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The ARTM pilot, 'démarré en 2024, et prévu pour une durée de 2 ans', launched in December 2024 on exo's Saint-Jérôme local lines 100, 101, 102, 103, 105 and 107, line 9 and lines 23 and 24.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ARTM — Projet pilote de paiement par carte bancaire chez exo
Claim 7 clm-09eebe88735239fe quantitative
A CAD 146M replacement programme, Concerto, contracted to Masabi
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The ARTM announces a contract to the British company Masabi and says the project respects the approved budget envelope of 146 M$, contingency included.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ARTM — L'ARTM s'associe à Masabi pour développer une nouvelle solution billettique
Claim 8 clm-76e703f8c6c04943 quantitative
is meant to bring contactless bank cards to the whole regular network in 2027, after tests in 2026
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The Concerto roadmap lists 2026 for virtual titles on phones and tests for bank-card payment, and 2027 for 'lancement du paiement par carte bancaire sur l'ensemble du réseau régulier du transport collectif'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ARTM — Le projet Concerto
Claim 9 clm-f38ae01806b25a26 quantitative
since July 2026 some Android users can validate a virtual OPUS at metro turnstiles
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
La Presse reports on 22 July 2026 that an update to the Chrono app extends virtual titles gradually to Android users, who can validate at metro turnstiles with their phone; iPhone users must wait.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La Presse — Des usagers d'Android peuvent maintenant valider un passage avec leur téléphone (22 July 2026)
Claim 10 clm-c02091d62b1e5e3b quantitative
Fare reform replaced 17 fare grids and more than 750 distinct fare products with 4 zones across the metropolitan region (ARTM)
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The ARTM states the pre-reform region carried 'plus de 750 titres de transport distincts' across '17 grilles tarifaires', replaced by '4 zones tarifaires plutôt que 8'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ARTM — Refonte tarifaire
Claim 12 clm-129e32a239594619 quantitative
fares indexed about 3% on 1 July 2026
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The ARTM says that from 1 July 2026 most fare products are indexed by an average of about 3%, with no increase for single-trip titles.
Caveat
Single-trip fares were not increased in 2026.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ARTM — Grille tarifaire 2026-2027
Claim 13 clm-f38bb0564360a1a6 quantitative
Montreal cut its zones from eight to four between 2021 and 2023
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The ARTM describes four zones instead of eight, introduced in phases from July 2021 to 2023.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ARTM — Refonte tarifaire
Claim 14 clm-4bba0c58875bbd57 quantitative
yet in 2026 a bank card still works only on Laval's buses and a handful of suburban exo routes
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The Concerto roadmap schedules network-wide bank-card payment for 2027; until then the ARTM documents the exo pilot lines, and the STL's own fleet-wide credit-card acceptance dates from 2022.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ARTM — Le projet Concerto
  2. ARTM — Projet pilote de paiement par carte bancaire chez exo
  3. Mass Transit — Credit card payments now accepted on all STL buses (13 Apr 2022)
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM); card accepted by the STM, exo, the RTL, the STL and the REM
Actor types
utility
Funding model
public
Funding description
ARTM (regional transit authority), Quebec public funding
Cost
≈CAD 146M (Concerto ticketing replacement, incl. contingency)
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

10 source dossiers

ARTM — Le projet Concerto artm.quebec · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-47eef5188c6b964f
Publisher
Name not classified · artm.quebec
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-05
Dossier created
2026-10-05
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Roadmap: 'Paiement par cartes bancaires dans certaines lignes d'autobus d'exo en couronne nord' (H2 2024), bank card payment network-wide plus 'mise en place du compte de mobilité' in 2026, alternative payment and post-payment in 2027. Also states the shift from a card-centric system to 'un compte client virtuel (compte centrique)', and that Concerto replaces 'la plateforme billettique OPUS'. Load-bearing source for the absence of open payment today.

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Claims linked
ARTM — Projet pilote de paiement par carte bancaire chez exo artm.quebec · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-e1b13daa9aba67d6
Publisher
Name not classified · artm.quebec
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
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Not recorded
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-05
Dossier created
2026-10-05
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No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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Open the recorded source note

'Démarré en 2024, et prévu pour une durée de 2 ans' — a two-year pilot launched December 2024. 'Payer avec une carte de crédit ou de débit, physique ou numérisée' on the Saint-Jérôme local lines '100, 101, 102, 103, 105 et 107, de la ligne 9 et des lignes 23 et 24'. Sole verified location of open-loop payment in the region.

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Claims linked
ARTM — L'ARTM s'associe à Masabi pour développer une nouvelle solution billettique artm.quebec · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-317d256087cd5977
Publisher
Name not classified · artm.quebec
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-07-16
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-05
Dossier created
2026-10-05
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No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Authority's own statement of supplier and cost: 'L'Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) annonce l'octroi un contrat à l'entreprise britannique Masabi'; 'Le projet respecte l'enveloppe budgétaire approuvée de 146 M$, incluant les fonds de contingence'; the platform 'prend en charge divers modes de paiement, notamment les cartes bancaires sans contact, les téléphones intelligents, les cartes à puce et les billets mobiles'.

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Claims linked
ARTM — Refonte tarifaire artm.quebec · 3 linked claims

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src-fa283d040a388aa8
Publisher
Name not classified · artm.quebec
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web-page · language not classified
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Not recorded
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-05
Dossier created
2026-10-05
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No local capture recorded
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No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

'4 zones tarifaires plutôt que 8'; before the reform the region carried 'plus de 750 titres de transport distincts' across '17 grilles tarifaires'. Phases: July 2021 (zones C and D), 2022 (four zones region-wide), 2023 (24h and 3-day titles). Source of the impact figures.

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Claims linked
Gouvernement du Québec — La refonte tarifaire se déploie à Laval, Longueuil et Montréal le 1er juillet 2022 quebec.ca · 2 linked claims

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src-bfbe880a23d9a757
Publisher
Name not classified · quebec.ca
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2022-04-28
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-05
Dossier created
2026-10-05
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Independent confirmation of the phase-2 date and structure: 'L'Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) déploiera la deuxième phase de la refonte tarifaire le 1er juillet 2022'; 'un découpage du territoire en quatre zones'; 'Le tarif unitaire est maintenu à 3,50 $'.

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Claims linked
ARTM — Grille tarifaire 2026-2027 artm.quebec · 1 linked claim

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src-da079efccdf4e700
Publisher
Name not classified · artm.quebec
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-05-01
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-05
Dossier created
2026-10-05
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Current fare year: 'À compter du 1er juillet 2026, la majorité des titres de transport feront l'objet d'une indexation moyenne d'environ 3 %'. Contains no mention of fare capping.

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Claims linked
La Presse — Des usagers d'Android peuvent maintenant valider un passage avec leur téléphone (22 July 2026) lapresse.ca · 1 linked claim

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Name not classified · lapresse.ca
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-07-22
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-05
Dossier created
2026-10-05
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No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
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Open the recorded source note

Currency anchor, four days before review: some Android users can now validate a trip with their phone. This is a virtual OPUS title in the Chrono app, not a bank card. Article body blocked (403); headline and outlet verified by search, so treated as media-grade support only.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
STM — Lancement de la carte OPUS dans les transports collectifs au Québec (2008) stm.info · 1 linked claim

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src-4e90df5d7e848cdf
Publisher
Name not classified · stm.info
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2008-04-21
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-05
Dossier created
2026-10-05
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

Operator press release announcing the OPUS launch in 2008, with students served in autumn 2008 and regular customers in Montreal, Laval and Longueuil in November 2008. Basis for yearStart.

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Claims linked
Wikipedia — Opus card en.wikipedia.org · 2 linked claims

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Publisher
Name not classified · en.wikipedia.org
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web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-05
Dossier created
2026-10-05
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Weakest source, used only for two supporting details: the card follows the Calypso / ISO-IEC 14443 standard, and 'Following Montreal's public transport reorganization effective June 1, 2017, the Opus ticketing system has been the property of the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM), which has delegated its management to the STM.' The delegation detail is single-sourced and deliberately kept out of the entry fields.

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Claims linked
Mass Transit — Credit card payments now accepted on all STL buses (13 Apr 2022) masstransitmag.com · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-773005ba1f81a75a
Publisher
Name not classified · masstransitmag.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2022-04-13
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-05
Dossier created
2026-10-05
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

STL press release: 'now accepting credit card payments on its entire bus fleet', after introducing them on some buses five years earlier; supported and funded by the ARTM, with Flowbird and Moneris.

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