Moscow Metro to roll out fare payment via facial recognition

From 15 October, the Moscow Metro will implement a Face Pay fare-payment system at all stations. The news was announced by Mayor Sergei Sobyanin during the “New Knowledge” marathon.

The system is currently being tested on four lines of the city metro: Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya, Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya, Solntsevskaya and Filyevskaya.

“From September 15 we will double the number of stations, and from October 15 we will make the service available at all stations of the Moscow Metro,” the mayor said.

To use Face Pay, a passenger must install the Moscow Metro app, link a bank card or Troika and upload a portrait photo. Then at a special turnstile marked “Biometric payment” the passenger should look into the camera so the system matches the photo with the uploaded image, deducts the money and allows passage.

Earlier in August in the Moscow Metro began testing fare payment using facial recognition Face Pay.

In February, city authorities announced plans to install a new system to track citizens in the city’s underground.

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