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Posted by Alyal830 on Thu Aug 9 18:08:01 2018 Going to Aviation High School in the late 80s, the school for our train passes gave out color coded Metrocards. Although they weren’t labeled Metrocards each month we got a new one. Practically very very few stations in the system I believe had the turnstiles equipped with the ability to swipe these cards. 33rd-Rawson St station on the 7 line (Aviation High School) home station had them of course. Does anyone out there remember seeing them (cards and/or those turnstiles I mentioned) in your travels. This would have been late 1980s at least. Anyone who may have worked for the MTA back then...maybe still do....or even students at that time remember these cards at all. |
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Posted by The Silence on Thu Aug 9 20:22:32 2018, in response to First Metrocards?, posted by Alyal830 on Thu Aug 9 18:08:01 2018. MetroCard wasn't introduced until 1994.At best, you were used as guinea pigs for a proof of concept/prototype. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Fri Aug 10 07:23:00 2018, in response to Re: First Metrocards?, posted by The Silence on Thu Aug 9 20:22:32 2018. I think he gets that. But it certainly would be cool to see one of the cards, wouldn't it?I have a blue (1994-97) Metro Card in amongst my shoeboxes, someplace. |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Aug 10 14:01:34 2018, in response to Re: First Metrocards?, posted by The Silence on Thu Aug 9 20:22:32 2018. Some TA employees were issued various types of prototype fare cards before the current Metrocards were finalized. |
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Posted by Snarf368 on Sat Aug 11 05:21:30 2018, in response to First Metrocards?, posted by Alyal830 on Thu Aug 9 18:08:01 2018. Yes my school at the time issued them to students. Nevins St station had the metrocard equipped turnstiles. None of the nearby stations had them. |
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Posted by jabrams on Sat Aug 11 11:56:19 2018, in response to First Metrocards?, posted by Alyal830 on Thu Aug 9 18:08:01 2018. Ok, if some schools were given prototype Metrocards to use at their school station, how did they get on the subway at their home station as it could have been anywhere. Did they just display their MetroCard to the token booth clerk the same way students with regular train passes would do? |
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