Metro St. Louis picks Indra ticketing system
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefIndra, a Spanish company, announced that it was awarded a “multimillion” dollar contract to implement contactless smart card ticketing technology on the Metro St. Louis light rail and bus networks.
Metro operates the St. Louis metropolitan region’s public transportation system, carrying more than 53 million passengers throughout 200 municipalities in Missouri and Illinois.
Indra will design a system for a network covering 37 stations and nearly 70 bus routes. Indra will also upgrade the current systems to include new automatic ticket dispensing, cancellation, and validation systems to replace older equipment.
