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Go card is the smart-card ticketing system in use in South-East Queensland (Brisbane), Australia. The system is designed by Cubic (Nextfare), and it is used on Translink services.

Basic support for this card was added in Farebot M v2.9.24.

Go cards are Mifare Classic 1K cards, with newer cards being Mifare Plus in MFC emulation mode.

There are no freely readable sectors on this card. Every card has a different set of keys, and these are different for each sector.

Python script which decodes some values (old): https://gist.github.com/micolous/5884e82a5ea7aff6c1df

Card series

The card series is printed on the back of the card at the top, to the left of the card number. This has two letters and two 2 digit numbers. The letters indicate the card's model, and the first pair digits are the year of issue (plus 2000).

Series Offline crackable Card model
AK :no_entry_sign: Mifare Plus in MFC emulation mode (card number engraved in brown)
GD :white_check_mark: Mifare Classic 1K (card number printed in black)

There are also Go Access, Go Explore and SEEQ variants of Go card. These have travel passes which give unlimited travel for a number of days. The format of those cards is not yet known, as no samples have been acquired.

Card Format

See Cubic Nextfare MFC.

Station IDs

Station IDs are unique and do not match published stop IDs.

Metrodroid's station mapping data is in data/seq_go/.

Vehicle types

Code Vehicle Type
0x04 :bus: Bus
0x05 :train: Rail
0x12 :ferry: Ferry
???? :light_rail: Light Rail

Ticket types

Code Ticket type
0x000F Adult Explore and seeQ (~2019) (displays as "Explore" on TVMs)
0x0C01 Adult (2015-2016)
0x0801 Adult (~2011)
0x08A5 Concession (~2016)