The Land Transportation Authority (LTA) has actually disengaged on its strategies to eliminate making use of non-SimplyGo EZ-Link grown-up cards and webs FlashPay cards for the settlement of public transportation prices.
Revealing the adjustment in a Facebook blog post today (January 22), Transportation Priest Chee Hong Tat claimed that the LTA will certainly invest an extra S$ 40 million to prolong making use of the present card based ticketing (CBT) system for grown-up travelers.
Travelers are no more called for to update their heritage EZ-Link cards and trade their webs FlashPay cards to a NETS Prepaid Card by June 1, 2024. Those that have actually currently acquired or transformed to SimplyGo cards from January 9 to today will certainly be enabled to switch over back to CBT cards at no surcharge.
Giving in card owners with SimplyGo cards that were provided or transformed on or prior to January 22, 2024, consisting of elders and pupils, can likewise do so also.
The LTA has actually dealt with solid objection from travelers following its statement of the transition strategies. Lots of have actually taken to social media sites to share their annoyance, doubting the need of the recommended adjustments.
One usual issue was that a card’s equilibrium would certainly not be presented at MRT make out gateways and bus card visitors with the SimplyGo system. Those that desire to inspect their card equilibrium would certainly have to refer to the SimplyGo application, or depend on ticketing makers.
Given That January 9, several travelers have actually likewise dealt with hold-ups when attempting to update their older EZ-Link cards. The SimplyGo application was supposedly bewildered after information of the transition damaged, with customers incapable to accessibility numerous of the application’s functions.
Travelers have likewise knowledgeable problems when updating their cards at ticketing workplaces and booth at MRT terminals and bus interchanges. The Priest has actually apologised for these problems, including that the LTA has actually functioned to address these concerns by upgrading the SimplyGo application.
I apologise on part of the Ministry Of Transportation and LTA for the hold-ups travelers experienced when they attempted to transform their present EZ Web link cards. This can have been stayed clear of with much better prep work. LTA has actually functioned to address this concern. It has actually upgraded the SimplyGo application and accelerated the card conversion procedure.
— Transportation Priest Chee Hong Tat
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