PATCO officials will begin to phase out the bright yellow Freedom ... “It’ll be almost the same as the magnetic ticket,” Imperatore said. “It’ll be three days use, and then I’ll expire.” SEPTA ...

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Since PATCO developed the Freedom Card (a magnetic card with stored value), things are definitely smoother and faster as people move through the turnstiles, though of course there are still problems.

PATCO also brought some technical “firsts” to the transit industry: It was the first line equipped with Automatic Train Control, and it was the first to introduce fully automated fare collection using ...

“They have a chip in them and an antenna, a very small little computer chip that is encoded on the magnetic stripe” he said. If you don’t have the new card, you can still use your conventional card at ...

PATCO plans to stop running overnight trains on weekdays this spring for six months to allow deep cleaning and maintenance on its 13 stations in South Jersey and Philadelphia, officials said ...

PATCO completed the switch to a new fare collection ... "The system before was first-generation and pretty susceptible to magnets on pocketbooks and cell phones," Box said of the plastic cards ...

CAMDEN, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — PATCO is phasing out its Freedom fare cards this summer, and shifting to contactless fare ...

Over seven days in May 2009, the company's bank authorized six apparently fraudulent withdrawals from the checking account of his company, Patco Construction Co. Inc., a small property development ...

NEW JERSEY (CBS) - Starting today, riders on the PATCO High Speed Line will find it easier to use the electronic fare-paying system that's now in place. Seventy percent of the line's 37-thousand ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The PATCO high speed line is becoming ever more popular. Officials say they're seeing ridership levels that they haven't seen in more than a decade. "It's the fastest way for ...

PATCO officials will begin to phase out the bright yellow Freedom Card to pay for fares in favor of contactless payment — also known as “tap and go” — starting this summer. John Rink ...