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In article <4p6p34$j89@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>, popc@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Ann E
Robertson) wrote:

> What do you think we use to buy farecards, air?  It takes several people 
> (and armed guards) to remove the cash from the farecard vendors.  Guess 
> you've never been in a station late at night when the money train (with 
> its dark cars and armed guards) pulls in, the guards jump off, the cash 
> boxes loaded, and everything whisked off into the night.

Oh, I know! My point is that with a token system, you've got the money --
and the tokens! You need a whole other system to account for another
"currency." Electronic fare collection, like farecards, save a bundle.
It's a good thing. You'd probably be paying more to ride Metro if you
didn't have it.

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