Global Transit Ticketing & Fare Collection Report & Database, 2025 Edition

Global Mass Transit has been tracking the deployment of advanced fare collection systems worldwide for nearly a decade. It has released the seventh edition of the Global Transit Ticketing & Fare Collection Report in April 2025.

What is different in this edition?

• Provides information on 1000 cities instead of 750 cities released in the previous version
• Covers market for open-loop payment by region and sub-region
• Provides new analysis on the role of artificial intelligence, biometric ticketing, ID-based ticketing
• Provides detailed analysis of the adoption of ticketing through smart wearables
• Showcases case studies on the deployment of artificial intelligence, integrated ticketing solutions, emerging business models
• Provides market forecast and assumptions with scenarios for North America, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific

The report covers the current status and opportunities in installing transit ticketing and fare collection systems in 1,000 cities worldwide across six regions: North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

The report has four distinct sections.

Part 1 (PPT format) provides the current status and market size of the AFC segment, market size by sub-segments (contactless smartcards, mobile ticketing, front-end hardware, back-end, service and maintenance), market size by region (North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa); key case studies for deployment of account-based ticketing (ABT), EMV payments in transit, mobile ticketing (apps and wallets), payment via smart wearables, and recent developments.

It also discusses key upcoming global trends, paradigms for the future of urban mobility, new business models impacting ticketing, the use of artificial intelligence, the emergence of biometric ID-based ticketing, and the integration of ticketing to other transport services such as parking.

It also provides an outlook for the segment. It discusses key growth drivers, growth in the AFC market by 2032, market opportunities, plans of transit agencies to deploy advanced fare media, plans for integration and interoperability, and outlook for closed-loop payment systems, mobile ticketing, and EMV payments in transit.

Part 2 (PPT format) provides an in-depth analysis of the industry by fare media deployed, and integration and interoperability. It covers the current landscape and outlook for fare media options including contactless smartcards, bank cards, mobile ticketing, digital wallets, smart wearables and others. It also discusses multi-modal and multi-operator ticketing, regional integrated ticketing systems, nationwide systems and cross-border ticketing.

Part 3 (PPT format) focusses on the current status, key trends, outlook and opportunities by region covering North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  

Part 4 (Excel database) provides detailed information on 1000 cities. The database is organised into six regions: North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Each city profile provides information on modes operated in the city, mode-wise ridership, existing fare media and technology, current ticketing infrastructure, vendors/suppliers of ticketing infrastructure, current status of account-based ticketing (ABT), Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), existing level of fare integration, planned public transport network, plans for new fare media/contactless payment systems, plans for ticketing infrastructure deployments, planned level of integration (across modes, city-wide, national, etc.), plans to deploy ABT, ABT vendors, key contract awards, contract values, timelines and AFC implementation schedules, etc.

The report is useful for organisations interested in transit fare collection systems—transport authorities, operators, service and technology providers, equipment manufacturers and suppliers, investors/lenders, banks and financial institutions, start-ups, research organisations, industry consultants, regulatory agencies, development institutions, academia, etc.

The report was released in April 2025.

• Database of 1,000 cities
• Market trends for open-loop payment by region and sub-region
• Analysis on the role of artificial intelligence, biometric ticketing, ID-based ticketing
• Analysis of the adoption of ticketing through smart wearables
• Case studies on the deployment of artificial intelligence, integrated ticketing solutions, emerging business models
• Market forecast and assumptions with scenarios for North America, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific

DELIVERED AS:

PDF Excel

As a special offer for public transport authorities/agencies, the report is priced at USD5,000.

To download the brochure, please click here

For further inquiries, please contact:

Nishchay Gandhi
Manager
Global Mass Transit
Email: nishchay.gandhi@globalmasstransit.net
Phone no. +1-334-403-8666