The ERG Group, a world leader in smart card automated fare collection systems, announced today that it has been selected to participate in the development of Victoria’s next generation of public transport ticketing. The contract over 12 years is worth approximately $106 million to ERG.
ERG is a member of the Kamco consortium that was today selected to form a $494 million partnership with the Transport Ticketing Authority (TTA) to deliver Victoria’s new state-of-the-art transport ticketing solution.
Other consortium members are Keane Australia, Ascom, and Giesecke & Devrient Australasia.
ERG will install hardware for the new system as well as provide the ongoing maintenance for the equipment.
Dr Allan Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer of ERG, stated, “We are pleased that we will have the opportunity to continue to provide quality service for Victorian public transport customers.”
As the current provider of maintenance for the Melbourne system, ERG has consistently achieved outstanding performance levels for devices and other hardware over the past few years.
As part of the successful consortium, ERG Group provides a team of experts with an unmatched understanding of Victoria’s transit system. The Group has installed similar systems in major cities throughout the world including Hong Kong, Rome, San Francisco and Singapore with installations in progress in Gothenburg, Seattle, Stockholm, Sydney and Washington DC. ERG has delivered systems that support more than 20 million smart cards in circulation and handle approximately 5 billion transactions per annum.
Background information
The ERG Group is a world leader in the development and supply of integrated fare management and software systems for the transit industry, and for its smart card systems and services. The Group has installed systems in major cities throughout the world. ERG is an Australian-based company, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and employs approximately 900 people in 11 countries.
Additional information is available at www.erggroup.com
