UPM Raflatac is to supply RFID inlays for contactless passenger tickets on the Moscow Metro. It will supply inlays in co-operation with Moscow based Comvision Russland for ticket converting at JSC Mikron.
The Moscow Metro is one of the world's most heavily used metro systems, carrying 8.2M passengers on a normal weekday. The RFID inlays provided by UPM Raflatac will replace the cards with magnetic stripe currently used for tickets with a fixed number of journeys. Contactless RFID smart cards, which enable significantly faster entry for passengers, are already used for season tickets. The Moscow Metro was the first metro system in Europe to implement smart cards together with a new type of magnetic card in 1998.
Initially, monthly usage of UPM Raflatac HF inlays based on the Mifare Ultralight standard will be 5M pieces. After a transitional period at the end of this summer, usage will rise to approximately 30M inlays/month.
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