Indra to install contactless ticketing Thessaloniki’s Metro, Greece

Indra has won a contract to install its contactless ticketing systems in 13 stations of subway line 1 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The new solution is designed with the intention of providing easier access, customised rates and efficient data management. The solution aims to provide a more comfortable and fast to access service since users will only need to place their cards close to the reader. In addition, mass data management will offer user rates adapted to their needs with smart cards providing a wider
October 20, 2017 Read time: 1 min

509 Indra has won a contract to install its contactless ticketing systems in 13 stations of subway line 1 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The new solution is designed with the intention of providing easier access, customised rates and efficient data management.

The solution aims to provide a more comfortable and fast to access service since users will only need to place their cards close to the reader. In addition, mass data management will offer user rates adapted to their needs with smart cards providing a wider range of prices. Subway operators can also benefit with more reliable systems.

Indra will provide the engineering, design, development, testing and commissioning of all ticketing and access control technology (AFC-Automated Fare Collection). The project includes systems and machines for automatic ticket sales, access control systems, software, the central ticketing system, economic management systems and station control equipment.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Integration of travel payment and information closer to reality
    January 7, 2013
    Integration of travel payment and information is bringing utopia in management of transportation as a single intermodal system is closer to reality. Larry Yermack writes. For decades, transportation planners and ITS visionaries all believed that transportation would not be fully optimised until it could be managed as a single intermodal system. Relationships between modal operators left this more in the dream category than reality. However, the steady march of advances in payment technology have brought us
    Read More
  • Thales chosen to lead contract on security system implementation in 61 RFI stations
    November 28, 2017
    Thales has been chosen by Italian rail network operator Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) to lead a pool of companies on implementing security systems on 61 RFI stations across various regions in Italy. The project aims to help security personnel respond more proactively to enhance passenger safety and is part of a long-term strategic plan to modernize the entire rail network. Other partners involved in the project include Leonardo, Ingegneria & Software Indistriale and SE.GI. The contract includes Closed
    Read More
  • ST Electronics secures significant transportation contracts
    January 10, 2013
    Singapore-based ST Electronics has been awarded transportation contracts valued at a combined total of US$156.21 million. The company is to implement the second phase of the Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System (EMAS) on major arterial roads under a contract awarded by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). Under this project, which is due to be completed by 2014, the EMAS will be expanded to four major arterial corridors in the island republic that serve as the expressways' alternative routes. In another
    Read More
  • ITS Australia Awards 2024: the winners!
    February 16, 2024
    15th annual ITS Australia Awards in Brisbane reflected end-user safety and industry collaboration
    Read More

Highlighted Content