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Edmonton Transit System recently awarded a $3.5 million contract to Cubic Transportation Systems Inc. for a "proof-of-payment" fare collection system designed to be smart-card-ready for light-rail services.



Cubic plans to deliver ticket vending machines and a data acquisition system to the Edmonton, Alberta, system’s 10 light-rail stations in third-quarter 2003.



In January, Cubic received a $15.2 million contract from Metro Council of Minneapolis/St. Paul for light-rail system Metro Transit. Scheduled for completion by 2004, Metro Transit would represent the United States’ first mid-size market system to feature a "smart" regional ticketing system, according to Cubic.