WMATA Regional Fare Payment System

Status: Existing

Description: This element represents an existing back office environment for housing electronic fare payment information for the VA/DC/MD areas. Currently, this element represents the smart card clearinghouse for WMATA. However, plans exist to move towards a regional clearinghouse involving local transit agencies in Northern Virginia.

Stakeholder: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include WMATA Regional Fare Payment System:

• WMATA Regional Fare Payment System Fredericksburg Regional Transit System
• WMATA Regional Fare Payment System Local Transit Centers
• WMATA Regional Fare Payment System WMATA Operations Centers

Architecture Flows
to/from the WMATA Regional Fare Payment System:

WMATA Regional Fare Payment System Fredericksburg Regional Transit System

• settlement

WMATA Regional Fare Payment System Local Transit Centers

• settlement

WMATA Regional Fare Payment System WMATA Operations Centers

• settlement

Fredericksburg Regional Transit SystemWMATA Regional Fare Payment System

• payment request

Local Transit CentersWMATA Regional Fare Payment System

• payment request

WMATA Operations CentersWMATA Regional Fare Payment System

• payment request


• transit fare coordination

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the WMATA Regional Fare Payment System:

• Financial Center Terminator
• Transit Management Center Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with WMATA Regional Fare Payment System:

• PM03 - Parking Electronic Payment - VDOT NOVA District -- (Graphic)
• PM03 - Parking Electronic Payment - VDOT Fredericksburg District -- (Graphic)
• PM03 - Parking Electronic Payment - WMATA -- (Graphic)
• PT04 - Transit Fare Collection Management - NOVA -- (Graphic)
• PT04 - Transit Fare Collection Management - NOVA -- (Graphic)
• PT04 - Transit Fare Collection Management - WMATA -- (Graphic)
• PT04 - Transit Fare Collection Management - WMATA -- (Graphic)