Our validators will not only be equipped with new, more visible and readable screens, but will also be compatible with the technology NFC and enables bank cards to be readmentions the STM. Readers will also be able to read codes QR.

The gradual replacement of the 450 turnstiles and 100 gates will take place by February 2023, says Amélie Régis, spokeswoman for the STM. The first stations affected are Berri-UQAM, Snowdon, Vendôme, Lucien-L’Allier and Côte-des-Neiges. The total budget is $9 million

There STM stipulates that the installation of this infrastructure should be phased in until February 2023. Most of the turnstiles and gates have been retained. Only the internal electronic control modules, the top cover that houses the new customer interfaces and the front cover that houses the magnetic card reader will be replaced, concludes Ms Régis.

Asked by a user if the new technology integrated into the turnstiles would make it possible to realize the project aimed at having the Opus card in his own phone, the STM pleads for patience.

” The orientation chosen aims to allow electronic wallets. However, the technology associated with this infrastructure has yet to be installed, which is part of a project being carried out on a metropolitan scale across the countryARTM. »

This project has been in the pipeline for over 7 years.

For its part, theARTM gives itself about two years to implement payment by bank card on a metropolitan scale. A pilot project is running in the buses of the Société de transport de Laval.

It is possible to pay for your ticket directly at the entrance with your credit card. The next step, the test of the use of the debit card, says Simon Charbonneau, spokesman for the ARTM, which should take place in the winter.

The organization has given itself two years to phase out bank card payments throughout the city’s transport network. She is also working on a project that will allow topping up the Opus card via her smartphone.