The new smart card system will be the first large urban ticketing system in France to abandon the magnetic ticket technology currently used throughout France in favour of smart card technology. The project, which is valued at over EUR 4 million, will begin rollout immediately and will be fully implemented in September 2006. When complete it will provide patrons with the ability to add value to their smart cards on board public transport vehicles, as well as at rail stations and other point of sale locations. The new system sets the basis for regional fare integration with the surrounding transport operators by adopting the French standards for interoperability of ticketing systems. ERG, a world leader in smart card fare collection systems, will provide smart card validators, point of sale terminals, handheld card readers used for proof of payment on trams and 50,000 smart cards as well as the software supporting the system. Automatic vending machines supplied by Parkeon will be integrated into the ticketing system, which itself will be interfaced with an Automatic Vehicle Locator System supplied by INEO. ERG has delivered systems that support more than 22 million smart cards in circulation in major cities throughout the world including Hong Kong, Rome, San Francisco and Singapore with installations underway in Sydney, Gothenburg, Washington DC and Seattle
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