AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION SYSTEM OF THE REGIONAL EXPRESS SERVICE (RER) (SUBURBAN PARIS RAPID RAIL)

LE SYSTEME DE PEAGE AUTOMATIQUE DU RESEAU EXPRESS REGIONAL

Two parts of the regional East-West line (Boissy-Saint-Leger and Saint Germain) are using an automatic fare collection with magnetically coded tickets that were especially developed for a complex fare structure, using the latest methods of real time information processing. This report describes how rates are determined for single trip or multiple trip tickets and for long-term passes. It describes the principle of the automatic fare system: shape of tickets, how they are purchased, how users are checked in and out and how the automatic ticket vending machines are connected with the information system. The tickets, ticket vending machines, automatic monitors (turnstyles) and the information system computers are illustrated with figures and photos and are described.

• Corporate Authors:

  Paris Transport Authority

  53 Ter. Quai des Grands Augustins, P.O. Box 70-06
  75271 Paris,   France 
• Publication Date: 1972-7

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic fare collection; Fares; Ferrocement; Foreign; Information systems; Railroad commuter service; Rapid transit; Rates; Real time control; Research projects; Subways; Ticketing; Tickets; Vending equipment
• Identifier Terms: Paris Metro
• Uncontrolled Terms: Automatic ticketing
• Geographic Terms: Paris (France)
• Old TRIS Terms: Ferricretes; Real-time systems; Ticketing systems; Vending machines
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072093
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Systems Center
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM