CharlieCard
The CharlieCard is a MIFARE-based, contactless, stored value smart card used for electronic ticketing as part of the Automated Fare Collection (AFC) system installed by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) at its stations and on its vehicles. The CharlieCard was made available to the general public beginning December 4, 2006. The last metal token was sold on December 6, 2006, at Government Center station.
The CharlieCard is named after a fictional character in a folk music song often called "Charlie on the MTA", which concerns a man trapped forever on the Boston subway system (then known as the Metropolitan Transit Authority, or MTA) because he cannot pay the 5-cent surcharge required to leave the train. Since the card's introduction, the Charlie character has been used on a variety of MBTA signs, including construction and directional signage.
Name
The CharlieCard is named after the title character in the 1948 protest folk music song, "Charlie on the MTA". The song was written to protest a fare increase in the form of an extra five cent exit fare for longer rides and was later made popular by the Kingston Trio in 1959.
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& jitz bisch du cho
grad jitz
won I's nümm hätti dänkt
& luegsch dry
wie wenn's öppis schön z gwinne gäb
für di & für mi
im schlimmschte fall nume e nacht
I boue mir myni tröim uuf rund um di
& male se scharlachrot a
I brönne mir di name z mitts i mys härz
chönnt schwöre dass I ewig blybe we üs nüt
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I brönne mir di name z mitts i mys härz
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