Editing Octopus card (section)

==== Public transport ====

When using the MTR heavy rail system, each passenger's entry point is recorded and the appropriate fare based on distance travelled is deducted when they validate their cards again at the exit point.

The MTR usually charges less for journeys made using an Octopus card instead of conventional single-journey tickets. For example, the adult fare of a single journey from [[Chai Wan station|Chai Wan]] to [[Tung Chung station|Tung Chung]] is HK$25.7 with an Octopus card, and HK$28.5 with a single journey ticket.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/jplanner/eng/planner_index.php?spot=1&start=37&destin=43&x=59&y=18 |title=Journey Time & Fare: Chai Wan to Tung Chung |publisher=MTR Corporation |access-date=1 March 2018 |archive-date=1 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301225459/http://www.mtr.com.hk/?spot=1&start=37&destin=43&x=59&y=18 |url-status=live }}</ref> Other public transport operators also offer intermittent discounts for using Octopus cards on higher fares and round-trip transits on select routes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Citybus & NWFB Offer New Octopus Same Day Return Fare Discounts on Jointly-operated Cross Harbour Tunnel Routes from 1 July |publisher=New World First Bus |date=27 June 2006 |url=http://www.nwfb.com.hk/eng/news/database/news05.asp?news_id=1015&yr=2006&cate=A |access-date=15 May 2007 |archive-date=27 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227090552/http://www.nwstbus.com.hk/home/default.aspx?intLangID=2 |url-status=live }}</ref>