{"id":394642,"date":"2026-04-24T01:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/394642\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:23:09","slug":"contactless-payments-available-on-local-link-services-by-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/394642\/","title":{"rendered":"Contactless payments available on Local Link services by June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contactless fare payments will be available for Galway local link services by the end of June<\/p>\n<p>The National Transport Authority (NTA) confirmed that passengers can also use Apple Pay or Google Pay to pay their fare.<\/p>\n<p>The rollout bids to offer customers a quicker, easier, and more convenient alternative to pay for single journeys.<\/p>\n<p>Galway will become the seventh county to introduce contactless payments for the local bus service.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Greally, General Manager of Local Link Galway, says that contactless payments &#8216;make travelling more convenient for occasional users and visitors.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>        Galway Bay FM News<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"LPlnk297662\" title=\"https:\/\/www.galwaybayfm.ie\/galway-bay-fm-news-desk\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.galwaybayfm.ie\/galway-bay-fm-news-desk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Galway Bay FM News<\/a>\u00a0provides trusted, comprehensive coverage and analysis of local, national, and international stories.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in every hour, Monday to Friday, 7am to 6pm, with breakfast updates at 7:30 and 8:30.<\/p>\n<p>Catch the multi-award-winning FYI Galway from 5pm for all your news and sport, along with traffic and business information.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"LPlnk184013\" title=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ie\/app\/galway-bay-fm\/id517073928\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ie\/app\/galway-bay-fm\/id517073928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\">Download the Galway Bay FM app<\/a>\u00a0to get the latest stories on the go and stay connected on <a id=\"LPlnk892129\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GalwayBayfmNews\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GalwayBayfmNews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\">Facebook<\/a>, <a id=\"LPlnk538608\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/galwaybayfm\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/galwaybayfm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and <a id=\"LPlnk818656\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Galwaybayfmnews\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Galwaybayfmnews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"8\">X<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Contactless fare payments will be available for Galway local link services by the end of June The National&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[203922,342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-394642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-contactless-payments-available-on-local-link-services-by-june","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}