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CharlieCard

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CharlieCard

Summary

CharlieCard is a proximity card[1]. CharlieCard draws 258 Wikipedia views per month (proximity_card category, ranking #5 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • CharlieCard is in the country of United States[3].
  • CharlieCard's instance of is recorded as proximity card[4].
  • CharlieCard's instance of is recorded as public transport proximity card[5].
  • CharlieCard is operated by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority[6].
  • M.T.A. is named after CharlieCard[7].
  • CharlieCard's Commons category is recorded as CharlieCard[8].
  • 2006 marks the founding of CharlieCard[9].
  • CharlieCard's official website is recorded as http://mbta.com/fares_and_passes/charlie/[10].
  • CharlieCard's official website is recorded as https://www.mbta.com/fares[11].

Body

Geography

CharlieCard is in the country of United States[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include proximity card[4] and public transport proximity card[5].

History and Context

2006 marks the founding of CharlieCard[9]. M.T.A. is named after CharlieCard[7].

Why It Matters

CharlieCard draws 258 Wikipedia views per month (proximity_card category, ranking #5 of 37).[2] CharlieCard is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d 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 */ [[Property:P11693]]: 7816239552, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/7816239552 in United States"
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