TransLink is set to reclaim $6.7 million from Go Cards which have not been used for half a decade.

Unregistered Go Card balances are recovered by TransLink after five years of inactivity.

More than $6 million will be recovered from dormant go cards. Credit:Glenn Hunt

In the 2017-18 year, about $6.7 million on more than 780,000 Go Cards was forecast to be recovered by TransLink.

That was about $4.7 million higher than was expected and was partly due to clearing a "backlog" from the 2016-17 year.