Inside a Glasgow Subway RFID train ticket
The first time I got one of these tickets it took me by surprise. I was used to the magnetic stripe tickets when they switched to a paper ticket with RFID circuitry inside.
The Glasgow Subway is the third oldest underground railway in the world, and is completely underground for its whole route. It's a very simple system with two continuous tracks, an inner and outer circle. If you miss your stop you can either get off at the next station and get the first train back, or just go right round the whole loop again. It takes about 20 minutes.
It's a single fare system whether you're going a single stop or to the furthest station.
While preparing the video I discovered that they have a reusable plastic card that will possibly give all-day use for the cost of a disposable return ticket.
Here's the Glasgow Subway's Wikipedia page:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow...
The company that makes the tickets and cards for the Subway has a website here:-
https://www.confidex.com/
Card data is:-
Card state - valid
Card issuer ITSO (Compact Shell)
Expiry date N/A
Number of tickets - 1
No ID found.
Journey Ticket (Space Saving)
Operator - SPT Subway
Expiry Date - 18/07/2017
Purses - None Found.
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