As fare collection evolves, legacy ticketing hardware is becoming a constraint — limiting efficiency, increasing maintenance costs and making it harder to support contactless payments.
This executive brief from HID explores why transit agencies and authorities are upgrading their ticketing infrastructure to:
- Improve validation rates and reduce fare evasion
- Lower operational and maintenance costs
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Support contactless, mobile and EMV payments
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Build scalable AFC systems that adapt to future needs
You’ll also learn:
- Where legacy ticketing systems fall short today
- What to consider when upgrading validators and readers
- How PCI PTS 6.x supports secure fare transactions
- A real-world example of how Stockholm improved performance through modernisation
Download the executive brief to learn how to improve ticketing efficiency, reduce losses and future-proof fare collection systems.




