Moscow Metro Sees Continued Growth in Open-Loop Transactions Despite Fall in Ridership from Covid

By:

Dan Balaban

NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The Moscow Metro saw a large increase in contactless open-loop transactions in 2020, despite a sharp fall in ridership because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Roman Latypov, a first deputy CEO for the transit agency.

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