MRT-LRT unified ticketing system good to go, says DOTC

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) on Thursday said the unified ticketing system is good to go, and has finished its trial period.

The Contactless Automated Fare Collection, DOTC's first public-private partnership project, has reached Full Systems Acceptance after a limited trial.

“We have reached another milestone through the rollout of a modern, unified ticketing system," DOTC Secretary Jun Abaya said in a statement.

"We have been informed that we are the fastest in the world to achieve FSA, which means the system passed the standards and requirements we have set," he added.

The tap-and-go ticketing scheme, which aims to cut queuing time and make switching rail lines easier, was made available as early as July for the Light Rail Transit Line 2. The tap-and-go card was rolled for the LRT-1 in August and for the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 in October. The system let commuters to use a single beep card for all three lines.

As of Dec. 14, a total of 1,063,022 beep cards were sold, the DOTC said.

The department plans to eventually use the beep card in other modes of transportation. – Jessica Bartolome/VS, GMA News