SMS ticketing arriving for Manila’s metro rail

By on November 5, 2007 in Services

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…

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  • http://whatleydude.vox.com James Whatley

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

  • Ewan

    That’s a wicked idea… as long as you cut it up correctly?

  • http://whatleydude.vox.com James Whatley

    Which is exactly what has stopped me doing it so far..

    ..any Oyster card experts reading?

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