Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
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You can now pay for travel using biometrics at all turnstiles on the Zamoskvoretskaya and Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya metro lines. The service is available at 792 payment devices for passage. Previously, the possibility of paying by biometrics was only available at two or three turnstiles at each station.
"Sergey Sobyanin has instructed to connect all metro turnstiles to the biometric payment system by the end of 2025. The service is already working on all payment equipment for passage on 13 lines. And the total number of metro turnstiles where payment by facial recognition is available has exceeded three thousand. In 2026, we will connect the turnstiles of all Moscow Central Diameters stations to the system so that paying for travel is just as convenient and safe," said the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry
You can connect the biometric payment function after registering in the application "Moscow Metro". The user needs to log into their personal account, take a photo of their face and link a bank card to pay for travel. The neural network converts the image into a unique biometric key consisting of a set of encrypted symbols. The original photo cannot be restored.
To enter the station, you need to go to the turnstile marked with a black sticker and look into the camera located on it. The device will detect your face in the frame and generate a biometric key. Then the neural network will compare it with the key from the database in one second. If they match, the doors will open. The fare of 63 rubles will be debited from the passenger's account automatically.
Biometric payment was launched at all metro stations in 2021. Moscow is the leader in the number of types of transport where this payment instrument is available. You can pay for travel using biometrics in the metro, on the Moscow Central Circle, on Aeroexpress trains, on regular river routes and on some stations of the Moscow Central Diameters. Today, this payment method is used about 170 thousand times every weekday, and more than 500 thousand people are registered in the system.
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