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MyZone is the public transport fare structure that applies for users of the legacy magnetic-stripe ticketing system in metropolitan New South Wales, Australia. Introduced in 2010, MyZone standardised fare product names and ticket designs across trains, buses and ferries; and brought privately-operated buses into the same fare structure as those operated by the State Transit Authority. For many passengers, particularly those travelling longer distances, the reduction in the number of fare bands meant substantial price cuts for public transport. However, critics noted that MyZone represented little more than a redesign of tickets for a 1980s fare collection system, and pointed to the Labor government's failure to implement Tcard, a smart card system abandoned following trials in 2007. MyZone was substantially replaced by the Opal card in 2014 and will be retired on 1 January 2016. ==History== Introduced in April 2010,〔(MyZone website ), accessed 2 February 2010.〕 MyZone was designed to simplify the city's complex fare system, reducing the 20 train fare zones to five, the five bus zones to three, and the five ferry zones to two, thus removing one of the stumbling blocks to the integration of ticketing and the introduction of a smart card.〔(Inner-city commuters hit by hefty fare shake-up ) Sydney Morning Herald 2 February 2010〕 The changes were welcomed by Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, but criticised by the independent pricing regulator IPART, which was not consulted 〔(New public transport fares 'overpriced' ) ''The Daily Telegraph'' 4 February 2010〕 and by the Independent Public Inquiry into a Long-Term Public Transport Plan for Sydney.〔(Final Report pages 262-263 )〕 while the lobby group Action for Public Transport welcomed the changes with some reservations 〔(NEWS RELEASE: MyZone Tickets Welcomed by Transit Users ) Action for Public Transport 2 February 2010.〕 Then Shadow Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian criticised the MyZone system, claiming the government merely replaced one clumsy system for another. She urged the replacement of the paper-based ticking system with an electronic one. From June 2011 the MyZone system was extended to the then privately owned light rail system. All MyMulti tickets and the non-MyZone Pensioner Excursion Ticket and Family Funday Sunday are recognised on the light rail.〔(Media release – Pensioners, families big winners in light rail ticket changes. ) Minister for Transport – Gladys Berejiklian 14 June 2011〕 The light rail still offers its own tickets, including periodicals.〔(Sydney By Light Rail )〕 From 1 September 2013 changes were made to MyMulti eligibility on ferries, with usage restrictions replacing unrestricted travel. MyMulti 1 tickets are no longer valid and the MyMulti 2 can only be used for journeys up to 9km. The MyMulti 3 still offers unrestricted travel.〔(MyMulti changes ) NSW Transport Info 24 May 2013〕〔(MyMulti Travel Map Effective from 1 September 2013 ) NSW Transport Info 24 May 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MyZone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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