OPUS card

OPUS Card
Location	Quebec, Canada
Launched	2008–2009
Currency	CAD
Credit expiry	None
Validity	Exo; Réseau express métropolitain; Société de transport de Montréal; Société de transport de Laval; Réseau de transport de Longueuil; Reseau de transport de la Capitale; Société de transport de Lévis; All suburban transit authorities (see article);
Website	carteopus.info

OPUS is a rechargeable, dual interface (contact/contactless) stored-value smart card using the Calypso Standard and is used by major public transit operators in Greater Montreal and Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It complies with the ISO/IEC 14443 standard for smartcards and can be read by smartphones with an NFC antenna.

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.

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