Superhero fans and transit nerds alike in Metro Vancouver will have a chance to snap up some limited-edition fare cards on Friday — though they may need to have the speed of the Flash to score.

TransLink today (March 31) announced its new electronic fare card will be called Compass. The pre-paid electronic fare card will be part of a new network-wide fare-payment system that will incorporate ...

TransLink’s Compass card and fare gate system will be fully operational by next month, three years after the system was initially promised to be up and running. The transportation authority said ...

Bus users across Metro Vancouver will benefit from a temporary drop in fare prices as TransLink grapples with how to make the Compass Card effective across the system. Beginning Oct. 5, bus users will ...

Metro Vancouver transit riders lined up Friday morning to get one of the new mini Compass Cards. Photo @Michael1957ff/Twitter TransLink has announced that it will be limiting the number of Compass ...

Almost a year into the launch of TransLink’s Compass fare system, card and ticket purchases at SkyTrain stations account for 95 per cent of transactions on transit, TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond said ...

Transit users in Metro Vancouver are used to tapping in and out with their Compass cards – ever since the open gate policy at Canada Line and SkyTrain stations was permanently closed in July 2016. But ...

London Drugs stores in Metro Vancouver now have the ability for transit users to purchase and load their new Compass Cards. The 18 locations were selected based on proximity to transit stations and ...

TransLink says it has not ruled out having its Compass card passengers tap out on buses, but says this won’t happen until it has vastly improved the glitches in the bus reader system because it wants ...

TransLink admits that although the new Compass Card payment system is meant to reduce fare evasion on the Metro Vancouver area's regional transit system, early beta testers have already found a ...

TransLink has pushed back the schedule for the roll out Compass, the transport’s electronic fare card that would eventually replace all current passes and tickets, including West Coast Express ...