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Travel Cards in Finland

Travel Cards in Finland. Interoperability and collaboration Tallin 2009-10-22 Pertti Heinonen. October 2009. Development of Bus Cards in Turku. and the latest Bus Cards in Helsinki metropolitan area, YTV. 1991 December 1996 April – November

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Travel Cards in Finland

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  1. Travel Cards in Finland Interoperability and collaboration Tallin 2009-10-22 Pertti Heinonen October 2009

  2. Development of Bus Cards in Turku and the latest Bus Cards in Helsinki metropolitan area, YTV 1991 December 1996 April – November 1999 November – 2000 February 2005 June “Fifty-Fifty” (Combi card) Helsinki / YTV:s Bus Cards YTV Travel Card YTV Travel Card for single use

  3. History of travel cards in Finland • 1988 first contact cards in use • 1991 the first pilot with contactless cards • 1992 the first contactless card based system in use • 2001 contactless cards in use in Helsinki area • At the moment contactless or dual interface cards are in use everywhere except State Railways (in long distance traffic) • The number of cards in use is almost 2.0 M • Single tickets based mainly on paper tickets • Mobile phones can be used in Helsinki as a single tickets in rail and as a tourist ticket in Turku

  4. Used technologies • Contact cards • Contactless cards • Idesco (low frequency technology) • Mifare Classic 1K, Ultralight • Desfire 4K • Dual Interface cards • The new systems will be based on ISO 14443 standards

  5. Travel card systems in Finland *) ID = Idesco, MF = Mifare, KO = Kontakti, SDIF = Setec Dual Interface, MF = MIfare **)EM = Ementor, BC = Buscom, WE = Western, LA = Lancro, TE = Tietoenator ***)Matkahuollon osalta ajoneuvojen määrä sisältää kaikki ajoneuvot, joissa Matkahuollon kortti kelpaa

  6. Volumes • Tampere Region • In use since 1995/(2000) • 400 buses • 150,000 cards in use • 50 selling points • 110,000 boarding/day • 25 million journeys/year • Mifare 1K cards • (+ Matkahuolto´s contact card) • Turku Region • In use since 1996/(2000) • 300 buses • 110,000 cards in use • 4 selling points • 100,000 boarding/day • 24 million journeys/year • Desfire 4K cards • (+ Matkahuolto´s contact card)

  7. Travel Card Forum Finland 1/2 • Founded 2004 • Members • City of Turku, Public Transport Office; Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council;Tampere City Transport;Helsinki City Transport; VR (State Railways); Koskilinjat; Koiviston Auto, Matkahuolto Ltd; Finnish Public Transport Association, The Ministry of Transport and Communications of Finland • Chairman: Pertti Heinonen, City of Turku • Secretary: Pekka Aalto, Finnish Public Transport Association

  8. Travel Card Forum Finland 2/2 • Meeting point for travel card users • Promoting interoperable solutions • Working methods • Making studies • Travel card solutions in Finland and requirements for the future solutions • Travel Card Solutions worldwide and the trends for the future • The comparison of travel card standards • Seminars • Suppliers presentations for the future solutions (in March 2005) • Travel Card Standards (20.10.2005) • Regular meetings

  9. Target for the future travel cards • Interoperability • Standardized at least at the national level • International co-operation • Mobile phone as a “vending machine” and as a ticket • Open systems • Cashless vehicles

  10. eTicket-concept • Time based ticket product • The ticket is able to be stored into: • Card for single use • Travel Card for separate ticket product and • Mobile phone.

  11. Singapore – check in / check out • Payment system is based on the distance of the journey • distance in kilometres, • 0,8 kilometres / share • The funds provision is made in the beginning of the journey via checking in • varies according to the mode of transport and lines, • paying attention to the customer group, • time of the day is also effected. • The final price at the end of the journey via checking out. • Travel changes are under compensation

  12. A 24 h travel ticket by text message

  13. BRAHE-passenger information system Features of the BRAHE virtual monitor mobile-version Requires mobile phone with Java-support. Can be dowloaded by sending sms-message to receive download-link.

  14. Mobile phones serve as payment cards

  15. Thank you! Pertti Heinonen Administrative Director City of Turku Public Transport Office GSM +358 400 827 212 pertti.heinonen@turku.fi

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