AUTOMATIC PAYMENT SYSTEM TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT YEREVAN METRO
Lilit Muradyan

"Radiolur"
09.02.2009 17:21

>From February 14 a new automatic system of payment will
be implemented at Yerevan Metro. The new system corresponds an
electronic purse. Director General of the Yerevan Metro after Karen
Demirchyan Paylak Yayloyan said during the briefing at the City Hall
that passengers will benefit from the discount system. The passenger
will be able to recharge his card at any booking office of the metro.

>From February 14 passengers will be able to use both the token and
card systems. Following his visit to Yerevan Metro last year President
Serzh Sargsyan established an interdepartmental commission, which
elaborated a program of solving the urgent issues of the underground
and presented it to the Government’s approval. 400 million Armenian
drams were allocated for the purpose.

"The implementation of the new system does not envisage raise in fees.

On the contrary, it provides an opportunity of discounts," Paylak
Yayloyan said.