{"id":43783,"date":"2021-06-11T09:18:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T01:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=43783"},"modified":"2021-06-11T09:18:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T01:18:44","slug":"lrt-1-deploys-new-e-tap-loading-kiosks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2021\/06\/11\/lrt-1-deploys-new-e-tap-loading-kiosks\/","title":{"rendered":"LRT-1 deploys new e-tap loading kiosks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contactless transactions have become part of the new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic. Private operator of LRT-1\u00a0Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) has deployed sixty-five (65)\u00a0e-tap\u00a0loading kiosks to all LRT-1 stations\u00a0as part of\u00a0its initiatives to promote\u00a0a safer and more convenient\u00a0commute for the riding public.\u00a0\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through these e-tap kiosks,\u00a0LRT-1 passengers can load their beep cards or Stored Value Cards (SVC) on their\u00a0own and enjoy the convenience of hassle-free journey by avoiding queues at teller booths, limited face-to-face contact, and exchange of cash. Moreover,\u00a0beep cards are one of the widely used payment methods today across railway lines.\u00a0Many transportation modes such as Point-to-Point (P2P), Metro Manila city buses, and modern PUVs are already accepting beep cards as a payment method making these cards very useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The e-tap kiosks will serve as an addition to the existing Ticket Vending\u00a0Machines (TVMs), which are used to buy\/load SVCs and purchase Single Journey Tickets (SJTs). LRT-1 stations also have the\u00a0beep\u00a0e-load\u200b machine, which are Over-The-Air (OTA) loading machines allowing cardholders to\u00a0transfer load from a mobile wallet or debit\u00a0accounts to their\u00a0beep\u00a0cards. The\u00a0load is reflected when the card is tapped and updated using\u00a0a\u00a0beep\u00a0e-load\u200b machine. There are also\u00a0SVC\u00a0extender\u00a0machines used by passengers to extend the validity of their expired\u00a0beep\u00a0cards. beep&#x2122; cards need to have a\u00a0minimum balance of Php 10 to be extended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe at LRMC remain committed to finding&nbsp;solutions to improve our services every day.&nbsp;We take pride in knowing that what we do contributes to our society, not just through rail infrastructure improvements, but also through our steps towards making our transport sector at par with international standards and achieving integrated mobility. What we aim to create is an efficient and thriving ecosystem and community,\u201d said Jacqueline Gorospe, LRMC Head of Corporate Communications and Customer Relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private operator of LRT-1 Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) has deployed sixty-five (65) e-tap loading kiosks to all LRT-1 stations as part of its initiatives to promote a safer and more convenient commute for the riding public. \u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":43784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[3538,7318,2727],"class_list":["post-43783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-beep-card","tag-lrt","tag-technology-adaption"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}