The Philippines Department of Transportation and Communicationsis eyeing to expand the Light Rail Transit Line 2 (LRT-2)’s new ticketing scheme after it was pilot-tested.
Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya admitted that there were glitches during the testing of the Contactless Automation Fare Collection System (AFCS) at LRT-2 Legarda station, but these were being addressed already.
The next step is to expand the scope of the ticketing scheme to other LRT-2 stations in the coming weeks.
“Our target is to activate the system at all 11 stations of LRT-2 in about three weeks’ time. So we have two weeks to work on the 10 remaining stations and to address the minor glitches encountered. As always, we look forward to receiving more feedback from passengers,” Abaya added. Ths stations are: Betty Go-Belmonte; Katipunan; Pureza and J. Ruiz; Cubao; Anonas and Gilmore; Recto; V. Mapa; and Santolan.
Under this ongoing testing phase, a limited number of new single journey and stored value tickets branded as “beep cards” will initially be sold at the project’s activated stations.
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