The planned full adoption of the SimplyGo payment system for adult public transport fares will be postponed from the original June 1 date while the authorities try to iron out concerns raised by commuters, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Monday (Jan 22).
The planned full adoption of the SimplyGo payment system for adult public transport fares will be postponed from the original June 1 date while the authorities try to iron out concerns raised by commuters, the Land Transport Authority ( LTA ) said on Monday (Jan 22).A ticketing machine at City Hall MRT Station to process an upgrade of an Ez-link card for adult commuters to the SimplyGo payment system .
The move to the SimplyGo system for adult public transport payments will be postponed instead of being rolled out on June 1 as planned Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat said that the latest decision was due to “feedback and concerns” that he had shared with the authorities One feedback was that commuters would no longer be able to see their stored-value card balance and fare deducted at card scannersfor adult public transport fares will be postponed from the original June 1 date while the authorities try to iron out concerns raised by commuters, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said on Monday (Jan 22
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