Where around the world are tokens still used as payment on public transport these days?
I am just trying to put together a list of where they remain in use. They seem to be getting rarer and rarer nowadays. I know the UK used to have transport tokens but those are long gone.
The use of tokens has always been very popular on metro systems in Russia and the ex USSR countries. Russia still uses tokens on all of its metro systems other than the Moscow metro. Moscow replaced tokens with mag stripe tickets in the late 1990s and then replaced mag stripe tickets with single use smartcard tickets in the early 2010s. But every other metro in Russia besides Moscow has kept tokens. All of these cities have smartcards but they have also kept tokens for people who just want to purchase a single ride.
These cities all still use tokens:
• Almaty Metro - Kazakhstan
• Kazan Metro - Russia
• Minsk Metro - Belarus
• Nizhny Novgorod Metro - Russia
• Novosibirsk Metro - Russia
• Samara Metro - Russia
• St Petersburg Metro - Russia
• Yekaterinburg Metro - Russia
Tashkent Metro and Yerevan Metro both got rid of tokens towards the end of last year. Baku Metro and Tbilisi Metro both got rid of tokens over ten years ago. The tokens are slowly dissappearing in the USSR countries.
Additionally a lot of smaller towns in the USA still use tokens on their bus networks. The use of tokens used to be very common in the USA and Canada but have been gradually withdrawn over the past decade or so. But a few smaller towns and cities have kept them.
These operators all still use tokens:
• Beloit Transit - Beloit - Wisconsin
• Capital Transit - Juneau - Alaska
• DART Transit - Des Moines - Iowa
• Jefferson Transit - New Orleans - Louisiana
• Metro Transit - Minneapolis Saint Paul - Minnesota
• Miami County Transit - Troy - Ohio
• RTA Transit - New Orleans - Louisiana
These tokens are mostly intended to be purchased by organisations to distribute to people. Most ordinary passengers just pay cash. But they can still be bought by any ordinary passengers at the bus companies offices. They usually offer a slight discount compared to cash fares.
I reckon that there are probably other small towns and cities in the USA that also still use tokens. These are the only ones i could find but there are hundreds and hundreds of small operators that seem to like keeping old school things like these. I would be interested to hear if anyone knows of any other USA towns and cities with tokens.
Does anyone know of anywhere else around the world that still uses tokens to pay for public transport?
I am just trying to put together a list of where they remain in use. They seem to be getting rarer and rarer nowadays. I know the UK used to have transport tokens but those are long gone.
The use of tokens has always been very popular on metro systems in Russia and the ex USSR countries. Russia still uses tokens on all of its metro systems other than the Moscow metro. Moscow replaced tokens with mag stripe tickets in the late 1990s and then replaced mag stripe tickets with single use smartcard tickets in the early 2010s. But every other metro in Russia besides Moscow has kept tokens. All of these cities have smartcards but they have also kept tokens for people who just want to purchase a single ride.
These cities all still use tokens:
• Almaty Metro - Kazakhstan
• Kazan Metro - Russia
• Minsk Metro - Belarus
• Nizhny Novgorod Metro - Russia
• Novosibirsk Metro - Russia
• Samara Metro - Russia
• St Petersburg Metro - Russia
• Yekaterinburg Metro - Russia
Tashkent Metro and Yerevan Metro both got rid of tokens towards the end of last year. Baku Metro and Tbilisi Metro both got rid of tokens over ten years ago. The tokens are slowly dissappearing in the USSR countries.
Additionally a lot of smaller towns in the USA still use tokens on their bus networks. The use of tokens used to be very common in the USA and Canada but have been gradually withdrawn over the past decade or so. But a few smaller towns and cities have kept them.
These operators all still use tokens:
• Beloit Transit - Beloit - Wisconsin
• Capital Transit - Juneau - Alaska
• DART Transit - Des Moines - Iowa
• Jefferson Transit - New Orleans - Louisiana
• Metro Transit - Minneapolis Saint Paul - Minnesota
• Miami County Transit - Troy - Ohio
• RTA Transit - New Orleans - Louisiana
These tokens are mostly intended to be purchased by organisations to distribute to people. Most ordinary passengers just pay cash. But they can still be bought by any ordinary passengers at the bus companies offices. They usually offer a slight discount compared to cash fares.
I reckon that there are probably other small towns and cities in the USA that also still use tokens. These are the only ones i could find but there are hundreds and hundreds of small operators that seem to like keeping old school things like these. I would be interested to hear if anyone knows of any other USA towns and cities with tokens.
Does anyone know of anywhere else around the world that still uses tokens to pay for public transport?
