Metcard
E623257
Metcard was Melbourne’s former magnetic stripe ticketing system used for public transport before the introduction of the Myki smartcard.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metcard canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6863938 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metcard Context triple: [Myki, replacedSystem, Metcard]
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A.
Presto card
The Presto card is a reloadable smart card used for paying public transit fares across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and other regions in Ontario, Canada.
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B.
Pronto card
The Pronto card is a reloadable smart fare card used for paying public transit fares across the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and related services.
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C.
Clipper card
The Clipper card is a reloadable contactless smart card used to pay fares across multiple public transit systems in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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D.
Breeze Card
The Breeze Card is a reusable smart fare card used for paying transit fares across the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) system in Atlanta, Georgia.
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E.
Creditex
Creditex is a financial services firm specializing in electronic trading and brokerage of credit derivatives and related fixed-income products.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metcard Target entity description: Metcard was Melbourne’s former magnetic stripe ticketing system used for public transport before the introduction of the Myki smartcard.
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A.
Presto card
The Presto card is a reloadable smart card used for paying public transit fares across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and other regions in Ontario, Canada.
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B.
Pronto card
The Pronto card is a reloadable smart fare card used for paying public transit fares across the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and related services.
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C.
Clipper card
The Clipper card is a reloadable contactless smart card used to pay fares across multiple public transit systems in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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D.
Breeze Card
The Breeze Card is a reusable smart fare card used for paying transit fares across the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) system in Atlanta, Georgia.
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E.
Creditex
Creditex is a financial services firm specializing in electronic trading and brokerage of credit derivatives and related fixed-income products.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fare collection system
ⓘ
magnetic stripe ticket ⓘ public transport ticketing system ⓘ |
| allowedTransferBetween |
train and bus
ⓘ
train and tram ⓘ tram and bus ⓘ |
| contractor |
ERG Group
ⓘ
Thales ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| currency | Australian dollar ⓘ |
| discontinued | 2012 ⓘ |
| fareMedium | magnetic stripe card ⓘ |
| fareStructure |
interzone tickets
ⓘ
zone 1 ⓘ zone 2 ⓘ |
| fullyImplementedBy | 1998 ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Victorian Government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Victoria
|
| hadConcessionOption | yes ⓘ |
| hadFullFareOption | yes ⓘ |
| hadMultiModalUse | yes ⓘ |
| introduced | 1996 ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Public Transport Corporation ⓘ |
| introducedIn | State of Victoria ⓘ |
| lastDayOfUse | 2012-12-29 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
OneLink Transit Systems
ⓘ
linked to:
First Transit
|
| phaseOutStarted | 2009 ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Melbourne metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Melbourne
some regional Victorian bus services ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Myki ⓘ |
| replacedSystem | paper tickets in Melbourne ⓘ |
| successorSystem |
Myki smartcard
ⓘ
linked to:
Myki
|
| technology | magnetic stripe encoding ⓘ |
| ticketTypesIncluded | 2-hour tickets ⓘ |
| ticketTypesIncluded |
daily tickets
ⓘ
monthly tickets ⓘ single trip tickets ⓘ weekly tickets ⓘ yearly tickets ⓘ zone-based tickets ⓘ |
| usedFor | public transport ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Melbourne
ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ |
| usedLanguageOnTickets | English ⓘ |
| usedOn |
buses in Melbourne
ⓘ
trains in Melbourne ⓘ trams in Melbourne ⓘ |
| validatedBy |
barrier gates
ⓘ
onboard validators ⓘ station validators ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Metcard Description of subject: Metcard was Melbourne’s former magnetic stripe ticketing system used for public transport before the introduction of the Myki smartcard.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.