Fare collection systems

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 106. Chapters: Octopus card, MetroCard, Myki, Concessionary fares on the British railway network, Cubic Corporation, Presto card, SmartRider, Chicago Transit Authority, Station group, CharlieCard, Metcard, BahnCard, Network Railcard, National Location Code, Clipper card, SmarTrip, EasyCard, ORCA Card, OV-chipkaart, Token coin, Go card, EZ-Link, Breeze Card, Vix ERG, Bilhete Único, Compass Card, Macau Pass, U-Pass, Automated Fare Collection System, Carte orange, Edmondson railway ticket, Chicago Card, SmartLink, Turnstile, Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress, National Tariff System, Transit Access Pass, Snapper card, Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation, T-money, Yang Cheng Tong, Yikatong, EASY Card, Shanghai Public Transportation Card, Manual fare collection, EasyRider, Rejsekort, Exit fare, Urbana, Navigo pass, T:kort, Setright Machine, Tribute, CIV, Shenzhen Tong, Universal transit pass, Paris ticket "t", Admission to an event or establishment, Season ticket, Flexus, TaiwanMoney Card, Transfare, Money train, Andante ticket, Upass, Mybi, Multivia, KTX Family Card, Freedom Card, Yorcard, Travel card, LisboaViva, Common Stored Value Ticket, Readycard, Red Bus, K-CASH, Carte Imagine'R, Carte Intégrale, Elektra, Hanaro Card, Free transfer. Excerpt: The Octopus card is a rechargeable contactless stored value smart card used to transfer electronic payments in online or offline systems in Hong Kong. Launched in September 1997 to collect fares for the territory's mass transit system, the Octopus card system was the first contactless smart card system in the world and has since grown into a widely used payment system for virtually all public transport in Hong Kong. The Octopus is also used for payment at convenience stores, supermarkets, fast-food restaurants, on-street parking meters, car parks, and other point-of-sale applications such as service stations and vending machines. The Octopus card is recognised internationally, winning the Chairman's Award of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance's 2006 Global IT Excellence Award for being the world's leading complex automatic fare collection and contactless smartcard payment system, and for its innovative use of technologies. According to Octopus Cards Limited, operator of the Octopus card system, there are more than 20 million cards in circulation, nearly three times the population of Hong Kong. The cards are used by 95% of the population of Hong Kong aged 16 to 65, generating over 11 million daily transactions worth a total over HK$100 million (US$12.8 million) everyday. The slogan of Octopus Card Limited and its products (the cards) is Making Everyday Life Easier, which is part of the mission statement of the corporation. The Mass Transit Railway (MTR), one of Hong Kong's railways, adopted a system to recirculate magnetic plastic cards as fare tickets when it started operations in 1979. Another of the territory's railway networks, the Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR), adopted the same magnetic cards in 1984, and the stored value version was renamed Common Stored Value Ticket. In 1989, the Common Stored Value Ticket system was extended to Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) buses providing a feeder service to MTR and KCR stations and to Citybus, and was also exte