CharlieCard

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contactless smart card fare payment card stored-value card

The CharlieCard is a reusable contactless smart card used to pay fares on Boston's MBTA public transit system.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
CharlieCard system 4
Senior CharlieCard 2
CharlieCard not accepted on-board 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf contactless smart card ⓘ
fare payment card ⓘ
stored-value card ⓘ
canCarry link passes for combined modes ⓘ
monthly passes ⓘ
stored cash value ⓘ
weekly passes ⓘ
cardType plastic smart card ⓘ
reusable card ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distributionPoint MBTA customer service locations ⓘ
MBTA subway stations ⓘ
selected retail outlets ⓘ
fareDiscount offers free transfers between certain MBTA services ⓘ
offers lower fares than cash on buses and subways ⓘ
hasVariant CharlieCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Corporate Pass CharlieCard

CharlieCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Disability CharlieCard

Employee CharlieCard ⓘ
CharlieCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Senior CharlieCard

Student CharlieCard ⓘ
inception 2006 ⓘ
introducedBy MBTA automated fare collection program ⓘ
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts ⓘ
namedAfter fictional rider Charlie from the MTA song ⓘ
song "Charlie on the MTA" ⓘ
operator MBTA ⓘ
MBTA ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
paymentMethod stored monetary value ⓘ
stored passes ⓘ
reloadMethod MBTA fare vending machines ⓘ
online MBTA account management ⓘ
participating retail sales locations ⓘ
replaced MBTA metal token ⓘ
paper monthly passes on the MBTA ⓘ
replacedBy MBTA contactless fare system "AFC 2.0" (planned) ⓘ
reusability can be reloaded multiple times ⓘ
technology MIFARE-based smart card technology ⓘ
contactless RFID ⓘ
usedFor paying bus fares in Boston ⓘ
paying commuter rail fares on certain MBTA services ⓘ
paying fares on MBTA ferries that accept it ⓘ
paying fares on the MBTA ⓘ
paying subway fares in Boston ⓘ
validOn MBTA Blue Line ⓘ
MBTA Green Line ⓘ
MBTA Orange Line ⓘ
MBTA Red Line ⓘ
MBTA Silver Line ⓘ
MBTA bus network ⓘ
surface form: MBTA bus

MBTA ⓘ
surface form: MBTA subway

some MBTA commuter rail zones when loaded with passes ⓘ
some MBTA ferry routes when loaded with passes ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LinkPass → compatibleWith → CharlieCard ⓘ
subject surface form: Kendall/MIT station
this entity surface form: CharlieCard system
this entity surface form: CharlieCard not accepted on-board
Ashmont branch → fareMediumAccepted → CharlieCard ⓘ
Blue Line → fareSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
subject surface form: Blue Line (MBTA)
subject surface form: Central station (MBTA)
Copley station → fareSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
Davis station → fareSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
Kendall/MIT station → fareSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
Kenmore station → fareSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
MBTA → fareSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
MBTA Blue Line → fareSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
MBTA Green Line → fareSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
MBTA Red Line → fareSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
MBTA bus network → fareSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
State station → fareSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
the T → fareSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
Sullivan Square station → fareZone → CharlieCard ⓘ
this entity surface form: CharlieCard system
CharlieCard → hasVariant → CharlieCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senior CharlieCard
CharlieCard → hasVariant → CharlieCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Disability CharlieCard
CharlieCard → hasVariant → CharlieCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corporate Pass CharlieCard
MBTA CharlieCard → hasVariant → CharlieCard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senior CharlieCard
MBTA CharlieCard → hasVariant → CharlieCard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Student CharlieCard
MBTA fare gates → introducedWith → CharlieCard ⓘ
this entity surface form: CharlieCard system
CharlieTicket → isDifferentFrom → CharlieCard ⓘ
MBTA bus route 111 → paymentMethod → CharlieCard ⓘ
MBTA bus route 57 → paymentMethod → CharlieCard ⓘ
subject surface form: AFC 2.0
this entity surface form: CharlieCard system
Davis → ticketingSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
Boston T → usesFareSystem → CharlieCard ⓘ
MBTA fare gates → validates → CharlieCard ⓘ