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MetroCard

Public transit payment system in the New York City area
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MetroCard

Summary

MetroCard is a fare control system[1]. MetroCard draws 328 Wikipedia views per month (fare_control_system category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • MetroCard is in the country of United States[3].
  • MetroCard's image is recorded as Swiping a MetroCard.jpg[4].
  • MetroCard's instance of is recorded as fare control system[5].
  • MetroCard's subclass of is recorded as public transport proximity card[6].
  • MetroCard's subclass of is recorded as magnetic stripe card[7].
  • MetroCard's Commons category is recorded as MetroCard (New York City)[8].
  • +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of MetroCard[9].
  • MetroCard's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01_k7s[10].
  • MetroCard's official website is recorded as http://web.mta.info/metrocard/[11].
  • MetroCard's replaced by is recorded as OMNY[12].
  • MetroCard's X is recorded as MetroCardCity[13].
  • MetroCard's operating area is recorded as New York City[14].
  • MetroCard's Quora topic ID is recorded as MetroCard-NYC[15].
  • MetroCard's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+3123'}[16].

Why It Matters

MetroCard draws 328 Wikipedia views per month (fare_control_system category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] MetroCard has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] MetroCard is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

New York City 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_metrocard_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{MetroCard}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/metrocard}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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