Title
TransitLink child/student GIRO farecard
Year/Period
1990s-2000s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 5.4 x 8.5 cm
Accession No.
2023-00608
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Cheng Siew Kay
This is a TransitLink child/student GIRO farecard that entitled the user to concessionary fares. TransitLink farecards, magnetic stored value cards, were introduced in December 1990 by the TransitLink company. Commuters used the cards by inserting them in the MRT fare gate reader or bus validator machine.TransitLink GIRO farecards were introduced in July 1994. They were intended to make commuting more convenient as cards were automatically topped up from the user’s POSB bank account when they ran out of value through GIRO, an electronic payment service. The cards were also deemed more secure as the user could request TransitLink to invalidate the card if they had lost it.
