How to pay for travel by metro
How to pay for travel by metro
You can pay for the passage in the subway both by the numbertrips, and on a no-limit basis. In both cases, the principle of "wholesale cheaper." The more months or trips you pay at the same time, the cheaper they will cost.
Instructions
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The traditional way of selling ticketsthe subway remains their delivery through the ticket office. To buy a ticket at the ticket office, wait for your turn, name the card you are interested in, pay and get it. There are tickets for one and several trips, as well as limit and unlimited travel with a validity from a month to a year. Please note that the ticket for several trips to buy is beneficial only if you can use them completely before the termination of its validity period. Each card has two such terms: one is several months and starts at the time of purchase, and the second is equal to several days and begins at the time of the first pass.
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Queues at the ticket office are sometimes long. If you need a ticket for one or two trips, look for a express cash desk at the station. The queue to it is not only noticeably shorter, but also moves faster. The secret is simple: cards are coded in advance in such a cash desk, and therefore less time is spent on selling each of them.
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A ticket for the metro can be bought not only at the ticket office, butand in the machine. Queues for such machines are rare, because there are more than cash registers, and not all passengers are able to use them. Old machine guns sell tickets of almost all kinds that are in the ticket offices. They have horizontal touch screens. To buy a card in such a terminal, select one of them that you need, and then pay it with coins and notes of those types that are accepted by the machine. After the required amount has been collected, the ticket, check and delivery will appear in their respective compartments. Take them.
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Automatic machines of new design are distinguished by the availabilityVertical screens that are not sensitive to pressing. Such vehicles sell tickets for only one or two trips. At the operating terminal, the buttons corresponding to both types of tickets are lit. Click the one that corresponds to the map you need. The LED in this button will continue to light, and in the next one it will turn off. Pay for the ticket, and soon the delivery compartment will be illuminated by bright red LEDs. There will be a ticket, a check, and a surrender. Taking them, be careful not to leave part of the coins under other people's checks.
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To pass through the turnstile, bring the ticket to thefrom the readers that is located to your right. When you see the number of trips remaining on the map, go to the escalator. Also, you can find out the number of remaining trips on a small test terminal, which is in the lobby of each station near the ticket offices.
