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RSS FeedsMetrolinx testing disposable, `limited-use´ Presto tickets on TTC this month
(The Star Food)

 
 

6 november 2018 05:04:00

 
Metrolinx testing disposable, `limited-use´ Presto tickets on TTC this month
(The Star Food)
 


TTC customers could catch a glimpse of a new kind of Presto card this month.Starting Tuesday, Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency that owns the fare card system now deployed across the TTC, will be performing field tests of disposable, “limited-use” Presto tickets at two subway stations.The limited-use tickets are designed to allow customers to pay for single rides, round trips or day passes without buying a permanent Presto card, and aren’t expected to be available to the public until June 2019. Metrolinx employees will perform the tests at St. Clair West and Union subway stations by loading Presto vending machines with the new tickets and then using them on TTC fare gates. Customers won’t be able to purchase the tickets during the tests, which are scheduled to last until the end of the month.But the tests mark a key milestone for the TTC’s transition to Presto. That’s because limited-use tickets are necessary to help ensure customers who don’t have a permanent Presto card can still use the subway system once other forms of payment are phased out. “The introduction of the single ride ticket is an important piece in the Presto rollout at the TTC,” said TTC spokesperson Heather Brown. Read more:Internal TTC briefing slams Presto’s ‘continued performance below targets’ Here’s what went wrong when a boy was left stranded because of a Presto-card glitchOntario’s Presto costs soar to $1.2 billion“It provides our customers, especially infrequent customers or visitors to the city, with another option to pay their fare. It is also the product we are waiting for before we can stop selling TTC tickets and tokens.”The TTC intends to complete the switch to Presto at the end of 2019, when the agency will stop accepting tickets and tokens. It will also stop accepting direct cash payments at subway stations — customers using cash for a single fare will have to buy a limit ...


 
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