In the next two weeks, another 12 turnstiles will appear in the Kiev metro, accepting payment for travel by bank cards and mobile cards with NFC chips. The devices will be installed in addition to existing ones at several stations, where the service is very popular. This was reported on its Facebook page by the municipal enterprise "Kiev Metro". In particular, an additional yellow turnstile will be installed at the stations of Taras Shevchenko, Pochtovaya Ploschad and Olympic. Two checkpoints will be added by Heroes of the Dnieper, Minsk, Obolon, Petrovka and Kontraktovaya Square. Specialists of the Kiev Metro have estimated that now a service is used every day by about 40 thousand. Kyivans.

And at some stations, queues line up at the yellow turnstiles during peak hours, although the devices work quite quickly, wanting to pay with a PayPass card or a phone with AndroidPay more than the device can service. The metro also explained that simultaneously with the reception of payment by bank cards, the turnstiles can also pass passengers with the "Kyiv card" or the subway card itself. So, from the reduction of classical turnstiles, the throughput of stations will not be affected.

Original article: In the Kiev Metro will add terminals for payment of travel cards.