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((Infobox electronic payment 
| image              = Opuscard.png
| image_size=260
| name               = OPUS Card 
| location           = [[Quebec]], Canada
| launched           = 2008–2009 
| service_1          = [[Exo (public transit)|Exo]]
| service_2          = [[Réseau express métropolitain]]
| service_3          = [[Société de transport de Montréal]]
| service_4          = [[Société de transport de Laval]] 
| service_5          = [[Réseau de transport de Longueuil]] 
| service_6          = [[Reseau de transport de la Capitale]] 
| service_7          = [[Société de transport de Lévis]] 
| service_8          =  All suburban transit authorities (see article) 
| currency           = [[Canadian dollar|CAD]] 
| stored_value       =         
| credit_expiry      = None 
| maximum_credit     =       
| automatic_recharge =  
| manager=              
| homepage           = [https://carteopus.info/?language=en carteopus.info]
))
[[File:turnstiles with OPUS reader at Bonaventure Metro Station in Montreal.jpg|thumb|right|An OPUS card reader on a turnstile at the [[Bonaventure (Montreal Metro)|Bonaventure Metro station]]]]
[[File:08-04-05 12-39 STM Cartier OPUS Machines Distributrices.jpg|thumb|right|Typical recharging station inside the [[Cartier (Montreal Metro)|Cartier Metro station]].]]
[[File:Lecteur USB pour carte «Opus».jpg|thumb|Personal card reader for reloading Opus cards using the contact interface]]
'''OPUS''' is a rechargeable, dual interface (contact/[[Contactless payment|contactless]]) stored-value [[smart card]] using the [[Calypso (electronic ticketing system)|Calypso Standard]] and is used by major [[public transit]] operators in [[Greater Montreal]] and [[Quebec City]], Quebec, Canada.<ref>((cite news |title=Smart transit cards come to Montreal, Quebec |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/smart-transit-cards-come-to-montreal-quebec-1.695628 |work=CBC News |date=2008-04-21 |access-date=2008-07-22 ))</ref><ref>((cite news |title=Opus's encore plays downtown |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20080715/281573761465047 |work=The Gazette (Montreal) |date=2008-07-15 |access-date=2008-07-22 ))</ref><ref>((Cite web |date=2021-03-10 |title=Calypso Worldwide - Calypso Networks Association |url=https://calypsonet.org/calypso-worldwide/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=calypsonet.org |language=en-US))</ref> It complies with the [[ISO/IEC 14443]] standard for smartcards<ref>((Cite web |date=April 3, 2014 |title=CalypsoFuncSpecification.pdf |url=https://www.innovatron.fr/CalypsoFuncSpecification.pdf |access-date=November 15, 2023))</ref> and can be read by smartphones with an [[near-field communication|NFC]] antenna.<ref>((Cite web |title=Card reading feature, a Chrono exclusive |url=https://www.artm.quebec/en/chrono-blogue/card-reading-feature-opus/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain ((!)) ARTM |language=en-US))</ref>

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''.<ref>((Cite web |date=2016-09-15 |title=URBANPHOTO: Cities / People / Place » Meet Opus |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915013759/http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2008/06/02/meet-opus/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=web.archive.org))</ref>

== Fares ==
An advantage to the smart card compared to the previous system is the seamless integration with other transit networks of neighbouring cities.  Another advantage relates to the speed at which users can access the system. As opposed to the [[magnetic stripe card]]s previously in use, the [[contactless smart card]] is more user-friendly in that the card does not risk becoming demagnetized and rendered useless and also does not require patrons to slide the card in a particular way; proximity to the contactless reader will suffice. A disadvantage is that a new card costs $6. The cards expire after four years, and there is no charge for replacements.

One card can contain up to four different kinds of fares. For example, an OPUS card can contain an STM monthly pass, ten STL tickets, six CIT Laurentides tickets, and two train tickets for Exo zone 5 or both individual STM tickets and a weekly or monthly pass. Unlike other transit cards, such as [[Presto card|Presto]] (Ontario) and [[Compass Card (TransLink)|Compass]] (Metro Vancouver), the OPUS is not a [[stored-value card|stored-value system]]. The appropriate fare is deducted when paying at any machine, in a similar fashion to [[PayPass]], and daily, weekly, and monthly passes are used before individual tickets. The main goal behind the creation of this card was to reduce [[fare evasion]] in the province's transit systems.

The card is available at various points of sale where local transit fares are currently sold. Re-filling stations can be found at [[Montreal Metro]] stations, train stations, and [[Exo bus services|Exo bus terminals]], as well as from specified retailers where local transit fares are sold.

Costs to the STM related to the project were approximately $138 million, compared to the original estimated cost of some $100 million. The project was originally supposed to be implemented in 2006.

The OPUS card has been widely criticized for its lack of stored-value capability and for being able to load only four types of tickets/passes simultaneously, factors that significantly reduce the capability and flexibility that would have otherwise been gained from a stored-value system.

== Rollout phases ==
* Q2 2008 – Testing with employees of transit authorities and select groups of testers.
* Q2 2008 – Deployed for users of the [[Réseau de transport de Longueuil|RTL]] only.
* Q4 2008 – Deployed for students on all STM, STL and RTL as well as [[Exo (public transit)|Exo]] TRAM users.
* Late Q4 2008 – Deployed for all regular fare users of all three transit authorities as well as Exo TRAM users.
* Q2 2009 – Start of deployment for users of CIT systems.
* Q2 2010 – End of deployment for users of CIT systems.

In preparation for this new step in Montreal's public transportation network, turnstiles that incorporate the reader and vending machines were  installed in Metro stations; buses had previously been fitted with new fare boxes that incorporate the card reader, in order to ensure the uniformity of methods of payment across Montreal’s transit network and that of its suburbs.

== Participating transit authorities ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Transit authority
! Participant since
! Validation method
|-
| [[Exo (public transit)|Exo]]<ref name="OPUS s'en vient bientôt">[https://exo.quebec/fr/titres-tarifs/carte-opus/titres OPUS s'en vient bientôt]</ref>
| Q2 2008
| ACS E-Validator
|-
| [[Société de transport de Montréal]]<ref>[http://www.carteopus.info Carte OPUS STM]</ref>
| Q2 2008
| GFI Genfare Odyssey
|-
| [[Société de transport de Laval]]<ref>[https://www.stl.laval.qc.ca/en/fares/opus-card/ STL – Smart Card Information]</ref>
| Q2 2008
| GFI Genfare Odyssey
|-
| [[Réseau de transport de Longueuil]]<ref>[http://www.rtl-longueuil.qc.ca/fr-CA/tarifs/carte-opus/ RTL – Carte a Puce]</ref>
| Q2 2008
| Proxibus VPE 415 Proximity Reader
|-
| [[Réseau de transport de la Capitale]]<ref>[https://www.rtcquebec.ca/Default.aspx?tabid=318&language=fr-CA RTC – Care a Puce]</ref>
| Q2 2008
| Proxibus VPE 415 Proximity Reader
|-
| [[Sainte-Julie, Quebec|Ville de Sainte-Julie]]
| April 2009
| Proxibus VPE 415 Proximity Reader
|-
| [[Société de transport de Lévis]]<ref>[http://icilevisn7.netedit.info/fr/index-lecture.aspx?sortcode=1.34.39&id_article=5587 RTC – Care a Puce]((Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref>
| Q4 2011
| Proxibus VPE 415 Proximity Reader
|-
| [[Réseau express métropolitain]]<ref>((cite web|title=5 common questions about the REM|url=https://rem.info/en/news/5-common-questions-about-rem|publisher=REM|date=2019-08-22))</ref>
| Q2 2023
| 
|}

==See also==
* [[List of smart cards]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://carteopus.info/?language=en Official website]

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[[Category:Public transport in Quebec]]
[[Category:Montreal Metro]]
[[Category:Exo (public transit)]]
[[Category:Société de transport de Montréal]]
[[Category:Contactless smart cards]]
[[Category:Fare collection systems in Canada]]

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