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Common Stored Value Tickets: ancestor of the Octopus Card
When travelling around Hong Kong by public transport, virtually every mode accepts the ubiquitous Octopus card. All you need to do is touch your card to the reader on boarding, and the fare will be deducted from your balance. However this hasn’t always been the case – other ticketing systems predated it.
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Tagged buses, Citybus, Hong Kong, KCR, KMB, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, Octopus card, rail operations, railway, television commercials, trains
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