Prasarana installing debit card readers at LRT stations, testing to begin by end 2020


Train stations may soon allow commuters to pay via debit card, with debit card readers spotted at several LRT stations. — MENG YEW CHOONG/The Star

Commuters may soon have another way to pay for their tickets, as debit card readers have been spotted at several LRT stations.

A spokesman for Prasarana Malaysia Bhd – which owns and operates the country's urban rail services including three LRT networks and the KL Monorail, in addition to operating the MRT line – confirmed that the new programme was still in an installation stage, with testing slated to start towards the end of the year.

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