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Metra

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Transit Ticketing Today

Chicago mobile ticket app hits 1m downloads

By Christopher Brown • 21 October 2016 • Updated 19 January 2019 • nfcw.com

The Ventra mobile ticketing app introduced by Chicago’s Metra commuter rail service in November 2015 has been downloaded more than one million times and used by passengers to pay for more than US$110m in fares... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Chicago commuters make 1m mobile journeys

By Rian Boden • 25 January 2016 • Updated 27 January 2019 • nfcw.com

The Ventra mobile ticketing app introduced by Chicago’s Metra commuter rail service in November 2015 has been used by passengers on more than one million journeys in its first two months... More


Transit Ticketing Today

Chicago to get NFC mobile ticketing in 2016

By Rian Boden • 24 October 2014 • Updated 27 January 2019 • nfcw.com
Ventra

Travellers across Chicago will be able to pay for rides on all three transit systems including Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) trains and buses, Metra commuter rail and Pace suburban buses with a mobile app next year, and “with a few taps on their mobile devices” from early 2016... More


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