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On the Swap to Hop
Auckland Transport Media Release
5 May 2011
On the Swap to Hop
Go-Rider public transport card users on the North Shore have begun swapping out their cards in readiness for Auckland Transport’s new public transport smartcard, HOP. Kelsey Cameron from West Harbour was among the first Go Rider users to swap out her old card for a brand new HOP card at Constellation station from HOP Helper Hayley .
On 8 May HOP cards with a Snapper logo will be available to use on North Star buses and will replace Go Rider cards. The rollout will continue in the following weeks on Go West and Waka Pacific buses on 22 May then Metrolink and LINK buses on 6 June. HOP cards were available from retail outlets from Monday and are also on sale at the Constellation and Albany bus station coffee kiosks.
For more information about HOP, pick up a
"Here Comes Hop" leaflet on board your bus, visit myhop.co.nz or
call 09 366 4HOP (09 366
4467).
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Additional
information
How to change out your GO Rider card for a HOP card or pick up a HOP card
Change-outs for Go-Rider cards and for new
HOP cards are available from this week.
All existing Go
Rider cardholders are eligible for a free HOP card. Free
HOP cards will be issued by HOP Helpers across Auckland in
the next few weeks at key bus stops and transport hubs and
at school and tertiary institutes.
Customers simply show a HOP Helper their existing Go Rider card and if eligible their concession ID. They will then be issued with a HOP card.
Customers can still continue to travel on their Go Rider cards up until their bus service changes to HOP. They will be able to transfer any balance from their existing Go Rider cards to their new HOP card at a HOP stand, as soon as their service has changed to the new HOP system. HOP stands will be located at shopping centres and transport centres, including Britomart
Those who don’t have a Go Rider card can purchase a HOP card with the Snapper logo at selected retailers displaying the HOP and Snapper sign.
If you use your Go Rider card on more than one bus
service, keep both your Go Rider card and your new HOP
Snapper card until all the bus services you use have changed
over to the HOP system.
Visit www.myhop.co.nz for further
information
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