Moscow Metro said contactless fare payments have doubled this year, as the large transit agency continues to add acceptance points for a range of contactless bank card brands and NFC wallets.
One of the largest metro systems in the world, Moscow Metro has been promoting its drive to expand the types of payments customers can use. Besides adding more contactless readers this year, the agency has also rolled out its facial-recognition payments service, “Face Pay,” and also is putting digital versions of its closed-loop Troika card into NFC wallets.
This week the agency said it now accepts contactless payments at 963 turnstiles on its metro system and will equip 35 more by the end of the year. The agency said it will enable all of its turnstiles by 2022 for contactless payments, though didn’t say how many that would amount to. The metro has at least 240 stations, not counting the Moscow Central Circle line and monorail, which also accept contactless payments, as does the agency’s Moscow Central Diameters rail service.
