Carrying an average of 9 million passengers a day, the Moscow Metro has become the world’s first public transport system to run a 100% contactless AFC system based on MIFARE technology, according to NXP. The system, implemented by system integrator Smart Technologies Group, uses NXP’s MIFARE Ultralight ICs.

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Moscow Metro has extended its existing smartcard-based electronic ticketing solution by replacing the magnetic stripe tickets for one, two, and five trips with smart paper tickets that serve ad hoc users. Since its introduction, the system has sold more than 300 million tickets within one year.

The MIFARE Ultralight IC provides operators with a cost-effective solution for smart paper tickets based on the worldwide MIFARE technology for contactless AFC systems. It not only reduces queuing time and enables quicker boarding and exiting for all passengers, it also offers a more robust system and easy upgrade capabilities for transport operators. MIFARE Ultralight is certified to ISO 14443A and is fully compatible with the existing MIFARE infrastructure for easy integration into existing systems.

Since the introduction of the system, Moscow Metro has been able to reduce the level of fraud by an order of magnitude. It has also reduced maintenance costs and operational expenses.

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