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The Arc card is a contactless smart card and automated fare collection system for public transit in Edmonton, Canada. It is used by the Edmonton Transit System as well as other bus systems in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region. The Arc card launched in August 2021 to replace U-Pass at post-secondary institutions. A pilot period with 500 adult fare users began on January 1, 2022, and the sy

Opus (stylized as OPUS) is a rechargeable, dual interface (contact/contactless) smart card automated fare collection system using the Calypso Standard and is used by major public transit operators in Greater Montreal and Quebec City in the province of Quebec, Canada. It complies with the ISO/IEC 14443 standard for smartcards and can be read by smartphones with an NFC antenna.