Linkt is
Transurban
Transurban is a road operator company that manages and develops urban toll road networks in Australia, Canada and the United States. It is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
Transurban is the full owner of CityLink in Melbour ...
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e-TAG
e-TAG is a free-flow tolling electronic toll collection system used on all tollways throughout Australia. It was originally developed by Transurban for use on their CityLink tollway in the late 1990s, with the system since adopted by all to ...
tolling brand in Australia. Linkt first replaced the Roam Express brand in Sydney in 2017,
followed by the go via brand in Queensland in May 2018, and then the Citylink brand (tolling system only) in Melbourne in July that year.
In August 2020, it also replaced the E-way brand that was used by Interlink Roads, the operator of
M5 South-West Motorway
The M5 Motorway is a motorway located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that is designated with the M5 route and forms part of the Sydney Orbital Network. The M5 route number comprises two connected parts, separately owned and operated:
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and fully-owned by Transurban since October 2019.
History
Queensland
go via was the toll payment system introduced by
Queensland Motorways as a part of
free-flow tolling. It replaced the previous E Toll system in
Queensland
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. The new system was introduced on 1 July 2009 and the "pay-on-the-spot" option was phased out on 22 July 2009, meaning cash was no longer a payment option, and stopping was no longer required. As drivers are no longer able to pay with cash, they need to choose one of the new methods of paying Queensland's toll roads, including Go Via tags, video/vehicle matching of licence plates and other methods.
go via has one million tolling accounts and more than 1.8 million Linkt tags in use as of 2013.
The go via network enables motorists to bypass
CBD traffic and use of three Brisbane motorways; the
Bruce Highway
The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Nat ...
in the north, the
Pacific Motorway to the south and the
Ipswich Motorway
The Ipswich Motorway (M7) is a major road that connects Brisbane and Ipswich in South East Queensland, Australia. It commences at the junction of Ipswich Road and Granard Road and proceeds through to the M2 Logan Motorway interchange. It is t ...
to the west. There is also the LinktGo app for infrequent toll users but the phone app has higher charges compared to a physical e-tag device.
On 16 May 2018, go via was replaced by Linkt.
Sydney
Using the electronic tolling technology it developed for Citylink, Transurban launched the Roam brand in October 2005, two months before the
Westlink M7
The Westlink M7 or M7 Motorway, formerly Western Sydney Orbital, is a tolled urban motorway in Sydney and is a part of the Sydney Orbital Network. Owned by the NorthWestern Roads (NWR) Group, it connects three motorways: M5 South-West Motorw ...
opened.
In January 2006, Transurban acquired Tollaust, who tolled and operated the
M2 Hills Motorway
The Hills Motorway (also known as the Hills M2 Motorway, M2 Motorway or simply M2) is a tollway in north-western Sydney, Australia, owned by toll road operator Transurban. It forms majority of Sydney's M2 route and part of the 110 km Sy ...
. Electronic tolling was introduced on the M2 and Tollaust continued to manage the Roam Express tolling for the M2 motorway.
[ Roam Express was rebranded Linkt in 2017.][
As a result of Transurban obtaining full ownership of Interlink Roads and its ]M5 South-West Motorway
The M5 Motorway is a motorway located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that is designated with the M5 route and forms part of the Sydney Orbital Network. The M5 route number comprises two connected parts, separately owned and operated:
...
in October 2019, the E-way brand issued by Interlink Roads was also replaced by Linkt.[
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Tolling types
Tags
Tags are installed inside of a vehicle's windscreen. As a vehicle travels under the toll point the tag will beep and the toll is deducted from the account.
Video Tolling
With video tolling, users do not need a tag fitted to their vehicle: instead, as they pass under a toll point, a photo is taken of the registration plate and matched to their linkt account.[go viavideo account](_blank)
Queensland Motorways. Retrieved 17 October 2012. There is a small additional "video/vehicle matching" fee for this service.
Business accounts
Businesses can choose to either have a tag account or video tolling account, with a required minimum spending per month.
Passes
Passes are designed for drivers who only use toll roads occasionally or for those who want to pay for a one-off trip.
Victoria
Linkt offers three pass types for Victoria:
* 24 Hour Pass
* Weekend Pass
* Melbourne Pass
The 24 Hour Pass splits into two sub pass types, a full pass and a limited pass.
* The full pass allows full travel on the CityLink Toll Road.
* The limited pass allows travel on the Tullamarine Freeway
The Tullamarine Freeway (commonly referred to as "The Tulla"), is a major urban freeway in Melbourne, linking Melbourne Airport to the Melbourne City Centre. It carries up to 210,000 vehicles per day and is one of Australia's busiest freeways. T ...
between Bulla Road (Melbourne Airport
Melbourne Airport , colloquially known as Tullamarine Airport, is the primary airport serving the city of Melbourne, and the second busiest airport in Australia. It opened in 1970 to replace the nearby Essendon Airport. Melbourne Airport is ...
) and Flemington Road
Flemington Road is a major thoroughfare in the inner suburbs of North Melbourne and Parkville in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It runs for 2 km in a northwest–southeast direction, from the southern end of Mount Alexander Road, Flemington, ...
.
All Passes allows access onto the CityLink
CityLink is a network of tollways in Melbourne, Australia, linking the Tullamarine, West Gate and Monash Freeways and incorporating Bolte Bridge, Burnley Tunnel and other works. In 1996, Transurban was awarded the contract to augment two ex ...
Tollway with the Melbourne Pass allowing additional access onto the EastLink Tollway.
New South Wales
Linkt only offers one pass type for New South Wales, which allows access to all toll road within Australia.
Queensland
Linkt only offers one pass type for Queensland which works on all toll roads in Queensland.
Controversies
An online petition to protest toll charges and fines from Go Via (now Linkt) gained thousands of supporters in days, many from the Sunshine Coast.
See also
* Road transport in Brisbane
The road transport in Brisbane, Australia, consists of a network of highways, freeways and motorways. Some motorways have tolls applied.
Brisbane is a car dependent city. In 2006, within the South East Queensland region, 83% of trips were do ...
References
External links
Transurban official websiteLinkt official websiteBrisbane Linkt network official website
Previous websites
E-way
(April 2020)
go via
(March 2018)
Roam Express
(February 2017)
{{DEFAULTSORT:go via
Transport in Queensland
Electronic toll collection
2009 introductions