Just in time for Stampede, riders will have a new option to pay for fares to board the City's CTrain service.
Ticket vending machines will now be able to accept credit cards and will also dispense change for customers.
In the coming weeks, the machines will be retrofitted to handle debit cards as well.
"This is all about making it easier for our customers," said Doug Morgan, Calgary Transit's Manager of Service Design. "Using a credit card to purchase a fare is now another option for customers and those purchasing a ticket at the CTrain station will receive change if they don't have exact fare."
These improvements are all part of Calgary Transit's push for a wider range of technology to be used on the transit system.
Electronic fare cards will be introduced in June 2012 as well as real-time advanced passenger information systems on CTrains next month and on the bus fleet in 2013.
