 the beijing municipal administration traffic card (), more commonly known as the yikatong (literally one-card pass), is a store-value contactless smart card used in beijing, china, for public transportation and related uses.mtr beijing websitefrommer's beijing - page 32 jen lin-liu - 2010 "ticket booths are below ground, and a ticket costs Â¥2 for a ride anywhere with unlimited transfers. the metro card, officially known as the âmunicipal administration and communication cardâ (shizheng jiaotong yikatong, or yikatong for short..."frommer's beijing day by day, official u.s.o.c. edition - page 149 jen lin-liu, sherisse pham - 2007 " the subway card, officially known as the municipal administration and communication card (shizheng jiaotong yikatong) can be bought for a Â¥40 minimum (including Â¥20 for deposit)."frommer's china - page 65 simon foster, candice lee, jen lin-liu - 2012 the metro card, officially known as the âmunicipal administration and communication cardâ (shizheng jiaotong yikatong, or yikatong for short) can be bought for a Â¥40 minimum, including Â¥20 for deposit." it is similar to hong kong's octopus card, singapore's cepas, or the oyster card used by tfl in london, united kingdom.smart spaces and next generation wired/wireless networking page 167 sergey balandin, yevgeni koucheryavy, honglin hu - 2011 "the oyster card in london[14] and the yikatong in beijing[15] are transportation cards based on the mifare[16] technology. in asia, the octopus card[17] in hong kong is based on the felica standard[18] which is a contactless card ..."[unsubstantiated] misty littlewood, mark littlewood - gateways to beijing: a travel guide to beijing page 128 2008 yikatong (beijing super-pass) â the yikatong card (ä¸å¡é), also referred to as the beijing superpass, is an electronic payment card for use ... the yikatong serves as a rechargeable, electronic stored value card for cashless payment."chine - page 176 michelin / mfpm - 2010 "bon Ã  savoir â des cartes de transport prÃ©payÃ©es (shizheng jiaotong yikatong) sont en vente dans les stations de mÃ©tro ..." == history == yikatong was introduced at the end of 2003 on beijing subway line 13 and certain bus routes after smart card pilot projects proved successful. yikaton
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