Rollout Phases
- Spring 2008 - Testing with employees of transit authorities and select groups of testers.
- Spring 2008 - Deployed for users of the RTL only.
- Fall 2008 - Deployed for students on all three transit authorities as well as AMT TRAM users.
- Late Fall 2008 - Deployed for all regular fare users of all three transit authorities as well as AMT TRAM users.
- Spring 2009 - Start of deployment for users of CIT systems.
- Spring 2010 - End of deployment for users of CIT systems.
In preparation for this new step in Montreal's public transportation network, turnstiles that incorporate the reader and vending machines were installed in metro stations; buses had previously been fitted with new fare boxes that incorporate the card reader, in order to ensure the uniformity of methods of payment across Montreal's transit network and that of its suburbs.
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