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SMS ticketing arriving for Manila’s metro rail

Link: Manila’s metro rail adopts SMS ticketing - Communications - News - ZDNet Asia

Commuters on Manila’s Metro Rail Transit System, also known as the MRT3 or Metrostar, will soon be able to use their cellular phones to pay for their tickets.

Meanwhile in the United Kingdom, where a billion texts are sent each week, we queue to buy pieces of paper…

4 Responses to “SMS ticketing arriving for Manila’s metro rail”

  • I’ve been toying with the idea of cutting up my Oyster and putting it in my N95 for a couple of weeks now…

    Posted by James Whatley on November 5th, 2007 at 11:33 am.
  • That’s a wicked idea… as long as you cut it up correctly?

    Posted by Ewan on November 5th, 2007 at 11:35 am.
  • Which is exactly what has stopped me doing it so far..

    ..any Oyster card experts reading?

    Posted by James Whatley on November 5th, 2007 at 11:54 am.
  • @whatley: wouldn’t be worth it, the antenna runs around the whole card about 5mm from the edge.

    Posted by Dan Lane on November 6th, 2007 at 12:20 pm.

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