Under the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 (Additional Functions) (Integrated Ticketing) Order 2002, the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA, was given statutory responsibility for the delivery of an integrated ticketing system. The contactless smartcard-based system will enable a passenger to use a single ticket on one or more scheduled public transport services, by road and by rail, irrespective of the transport operator involved and will be introduced on a phased basis, initially in the Dublin area. In April 2004, the launch of smartcards by a private operator, Morton's Coaches, on its services, in conjunction with the RPA, was a first step. Yesterday, another important step was taken with the launch of smartcards on Luas services. The RPA currently project that Dublin Bus and possibly some additional private operators, will follow with smartcards on services later by the end of this year or early next year. The DART is expected to follow next year. In early 2006 passengers should be able to travel on both bus and Luas services in Dublin using one integrated smartcard. Integration using smartcards with other operators is projected to follow shortly thereafter.