Top up Opal en route with updated app

The NSW transport minister has launched an update to the Sydney public transport Opal card app, which will allow users to add funds on the go.

A New South Wales Transport mobile phone Opal application

The NSW transport minister has launched an update to the Sydney public transport Opal card app. (AAP)

Sydney commuters will be able to top up their Opal cards using a new app, the NSW transport minister says.

With the updated app, which is available on Monday, funds can be added, public transport trips planned and fares estimated.

The app has so far been downloaded about 300,000 times but with about five million opal users in the state, transport minister Andrew Constance is hoping more commuters will get on board.

"We want to be the number one jurisdiction around the world in the delivery of the best technology to deliver the outcomes from a transport perspective with the interest of our customers," he told reporters at Central Station on Sunday.


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