Opus card

Opus card
LocationQuebec, Canada
Launched2008–2009
CurrencyCAD
Credit expiryNone
Validity
Websitecarteopus.info
An Opus card reader on a turnstile at the Bonaventure Metro station
Typical recharging station inside the Cartier Metro station.
Personal card reader for reloading Opus cards using the contact interface

Opus (stylized as OPUS) is a rechargeable, dual interface (contact/contactless) stored-value smart card using the Calypso Standard and is used by major public transit operators in Greater Montreal and Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.[1][2][3] It complies with the ISO/IEC 14443 standard for smartcards[4] and can be read by smartphones with an NFC antenna.[5]

The name of the card in French, Carte Opus, is a pun on the word in French for smart cards with embedded chips, carte à puce.[6]

  1. ^ "Smart transit cards come to Montreal, Quebec". CBC News. 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  2. ^ "Opus's encore plays downtown". The Gazette (Montreal). 2008-07-15. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  3. ^ "Calypso Worldwide - Calypso Networks Association". calypsonet.org. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  4. ^ "CalypsoFuncSpecification.pdf" (PDF). April 3, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "Card reading feature, a Chrono exclusive". Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain | ARTM. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  6. ^ "URBANPHOTO: Cities / People / Place » Meet Opus". 2016-09-15. Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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