subway card

Metro payment token

A subway card is a prepaid card used to pay fares on urban rail transit systems.

Most major cities issue them under specific names—MetroCard in New York, Oyster in London, CharlieCard in Boston.

You load money or passes onto the card and tap or swipe it at turnstiles: I need to refill my subway card.

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