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CharlieCard

public transit smart card used in Boston
Place proximity_card Q2960813

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
proximity card, public transport proximity card[3]
Inception
2006[6]
Country
United States[2]
Official website
mbta.com, www.mbta.com[7][8]
Named after
M.T.A.[5]
Operator
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en CharlieCard ja チャーリー・カード zh 傻瓜卡 zh 查理公交卡 zh 查理卡 zh 查理票
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Contactless Fare Reader on MBTA faregate.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/06j569
OpenStreetMap node ID
7816239552
Quora topic ID
CharlieCard

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🔗 Connections
Country 1
United States
Instance of 1
proximity card
Operator 1
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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Summary

CharlieCard is a proximity card[1].

Related Entities

United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +2006-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Named after → —
    Instance of → proximity card, public transport proximity card
    Country → United States
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ OpenStreetMap node ID: 7816239552, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/7816239552 in United States"
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