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Posted 24 August 2011 - 07:12 PM

Plan Philly, 8/23/11:

A report put out by a smart card working group gives some clues as to how the new fare payment system may be implemented on SEPTA’s regional rail system.


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Posted 08 October 2011 - 08:34 AM

Philadelphia, PA Inquirer, 10/8/11:

SEPTA's new electronic fare-payment system may herald the biggest change for local rail commuters since the Center City tunnel was built 30 years ago.

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Posted 11 October 2011 - 12:35 PM

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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) expects to award a contract for its long-awaited contactless fare payments system this month, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 04:33 PM

Philadelphia, PA Inquirer, 10/24/14:

SEPTA's long-delayed, $130-million smart-card payment system will be called SEPTA Key, the agency announced Thursday.

Like Ben Franklin's key. Get it?


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Posted 28 October 2014 - 08:58 AM

Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) says its $130 million smart-card payment system, now dubbed "SEPTA Key," will be implemented on Philadelphia-area buses and subways beginning early next year, with implementation on light rail transit operations to follow.


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Posted 22 January 2015 - 06:47 PM

The Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, 1/22:
 

PATCO, SEPTA work on compatibility of Freedom cards

 

PATCO riders will soon be able to use their Freedom cards to pay fares on SEPTA subways and buses, PATCO and SEPTA officials said Wednesday.

 

However, SEPTA-issued smart cards won't work on PATCO.

 

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 08:13 PM

Seems to me that the arrangement should be reciprocal. As long as SEPTA's machines will be able to read PATCO cards, the reverse should be true.


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Posted 22 January 2015 - 08:47 PM

PATCO's fare gates cannot currently read a contactless card:
 

 

 PATCO's fare system, built by Cubic Transportation Systems Inc. of San Diego, could be modified to accept any contactless credit card, just like SEPTA's. In fact, it once was.

 

In 2011 and 2012, Cubic reengineered the PATCO system to allow the use of contactless cards during a yearlong experiment.

 

But PATCO officials decided the cost for processing the transactions was too high, and the contactless-reading capability was removed from PATCO's turnstiles in 2012.

 

Kevin O'Brien, senior program manager for SEPTA's smart-card system, said SEPTA's Key cards might eventually be accepted by PATCO, as officials of the transit agencies continue to negotiate contracts and compatibility agreements.

 

 

 

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Posted 16 April 2016 - 06:43 PM

The Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 4/15:
 

SEPTA's new fare system will arrive in June

 

SEPTA’s long promised electronic fare card finally has an arrival date.

 

The transportation agency is making 10,000 SEPTA Key cards available on June 13 through a first-come, first-serve pilot program. Riders can buy the cards at kiosks in subway stations, and the cards will be usable as weekly or monthly transpasses on the subway, trolleys or buses.

 

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.  .  .  Regional Rail wasn’t included in the initial rollout because of its size and more varied fare rates. It should be added to the network in 2017.  .  .  .

 

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Posted 10 June 2016 - 06:58 PM

Philly.com, 6/10:
 

SEPTA's new fare card gets rolled out

 

The fare system of Philadelphia's future arrives Monday.

 

SEPTA Key, the electronic fare card that will eventually replace passes and tokens on the region's public transportation network, is being made available to 10,000 people - first come, first served - in the coming weeks.

 

SEPTA officials are keen to demonstrate the system's capabilities, and a brief presentation Thursday showed how cash, tokens, and - for the first time on SEPTA's system - credit cards can be used on kiosks to buy the new cards.

 

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