[MD-Sligo] FW: Installation of new, improved faregates nearing milestone; with March 1 deadline set for phase-out of older farecards

[Deborah]

If you have a Smartrip card, check its number.  If it begins with 0167, it is OK.

Debbie


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From: Metro News [mailto:pressrelease at metroalerts.info] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 3:38 PM
To: Metro News Subscriber <archive at metroalerts.info>
Subject: Installation of new, improved faregates nearing milestone; with March 1 deadline set for phase-out of older farecards

Faster, better faregates are making it easier for customers to tap, pay and ride Metro with installation now reaching nearly 50 percent of all stations, one-third of which are complete. This is part of Metro’s fare modernization program to improve the rail system’s faregates and fareboxes on Metrobus, along with other fare technology upgrades, including mobile pay on Apple iOS and Android.

In conjunction with the rollout of the new faregates, and bus fareboxes in late 2022, Metro announced last April that older SmarTrip® cards will be phased out. SmarTrip cards purchased prior to 2012 contain outdated chip technology and do not work with the new faregates now installed or partially installed at nearly half of all stations.

To assist customers with the transition, beginning March 1, the old farecards will no longer be accepted at fare vending machines in stations, fareboxes on buses, parking facilities and retail locations.

View news release for additional details and how to obtain a new farecard or transfer balance to an existing card:

https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Faregate-Installation-March-1-deadline-set-for-phase-out-of-older-farecards.cfm
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