# Genfare > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Genfare > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Genfare.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genfare > Source revision: 1344928718 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American fare collection company}} {{Infobox company | name = Genfare | logo = File:Genfare logo.svg | former_name = General Fare Industries | type = [Subsidiary](/source/Subsidiary) | traded_as = | industry = [Automated fare collection](/source/Automated_fare_collection) | foundation = 1980 | location_city = [Elk Grove Village, Illinois](/source/Elk_Grove_Village%2C_Illinois) | location_country = [United States](/source/United_States) | key_people = | revenue = | operating_income = | num_employees = | parent = [General Signal](/source/General_Signal) (1980–1998)
[SPX Corporation](/source/SPX_Corporation) (1998–present) | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{official url}} }}'''Genfare''' is an American manufacturer of [fareboxes](/source/fareboxes), [ticket vending machines](/source/Ticket_machine), and other fare collection equipment for public transit systems. Based in [Elk Grove, Illinois](/source/Elk_Grove_Village%2C_Illinois), Genfare is a wholly owned subsidiary of [SPX Corporation](/source/SPX_Corporation).{{Cite web |date=2022-10-12 |title=Pace Suburban Bus awards fare box contract to Genfare |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/technology/fare-collection/fare-collection-equipment/press-release/21283518/genfare-pace-suburban-bus-awards-fare-box-contract-to-genfare |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Mass Transit |language=en}} The company claims to be the largest U.S. manufacturer of fareboxes. == History == Genfare's origins can be traced to Johnson Farebox, whose founder, [Tom L. Johnson](/source/Tom_L._Johnson), invented the first transit farebox in 1880.{{Cite web |last=Sheridan |first=Michael J. |title=The Story of The Johnson Farebox Company |url=http://www.johnsonfarebox.com/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.johnsonfarebox.com}} Johnson later acquired Cleveland Farebox, and was itself acquired by Keene Corporation in 1960.{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-01-01 |title=History drives innovation |url=https://busride.com/history-drives-innovation/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=BUSRide |language=en-US}} General Fare Industries (GFI) was established by [General Signal](/source/General_Signal) in 1980.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1990-10-02 |title=GFI Marks 10 Years With Name Change |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/10/02/gfi-marks-10-years-with-name-change/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune) |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HhdpJ__kW_IC&dq=general+farebox+duncan&pg=PA26 |title=Fare Collection Program Implementation Plan |date=1984-12-07 |publisher=[Urban Mass Transportation Administration](/source/Urban_Mass_Transportation_Administration) Fare Collection Task Force |via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}} GFI merged with Keene in 1981, and acquired the farebox business of Duncan Industries in 1983. In 1990, the company was renamed GFI Genfare. In 1998, General Signal was purchased by SPX Corporation, and GFI Genfare became a subsidiary of SPX.{{Cite web |date=1998-08-01 |title=SPX purchases General Signal for $2 billion |url=https://www.controleng.com/articles/spx-purchases-general-signal-for-2-billion/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Control Engineering |language=en-US}} The company took on its parent's name in 2012, becoming known as SPX Genfare, but was later rebranded simply as Genfare in 2016.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-24 |title=About Us |url=https://genfare.com/about-us/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Genfare |language=en-US}} == Products == === Fareboxes === thumb|Genfare CENTSaBILL registering farebox Genfare's primary products are fareboxes used on buses and trams. Its fareboxes range from simple mechanical cash collection boxes to complex validating fareboxes capable of printing tickets or reading smartcards. The newer Odyssey is capable of reading [smartcards](/source/Smart_card) and printing [magnetic-stripe](/source/Magstripe) tickets,{{Cite web |date=2013-02-27 |title=Odyssey Validating Farebox |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/technology/fare-collection/fare-collection-equipment/product/10067281/genfare-odyssey-validating-farebox |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Mass Transit |language=en}} while the current Fast Fare farebox added support for credit cards and [QR code](/source/QR_code)-based mobile ticketing.{{Cite web |last=Metro Magazine Staff |date=2014-10-13 |title=SPX Genfare's Fast Fare is Complete Fare Collection System |url=https://www.metro-magazine.com/10037736/spx-genfares-fast-fare-is-complete-fare-collection-system |archive-date= |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=www.metro-magazine.com |language=en-US}} === Ticket vending machines === Genfare produces the Vendstar series of ticket vending machines.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-14 |title=Intended Single Source Purchase: Ticket Vending Machine for Transit |url=https://www.leegov.com/procurement/Project%20Documents/SS230428JBD%20Genfare%20Ticket%20Vending%20Machine/SS230428JBD%20Single%20Source%20Posting.pdf |website=[Lee County, Florida](/source/Lee_County%2C_Florida)}} === Turnstiles === From the 1980s to the mid-2000s, Genfare manufactured [turnstile](/source/turnstile)s for rapid transit systems. The Genfare Transentry turnstile and Easientry accessible swing gate are currently in use on Cleveland's [RTA](/source/RTA_Rapid_Transit) and the [Detroit People Mover](/source/Detroit_People_Mover),{{Cite book |url=https://rtamichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/Fare-Integration-Final-Report-Draft.pdf |title=Seamless Fare Integration Study for the Detroit Region: Final Report |publisher=[Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan](/source/Regional_Transit_Authority_of_Southeast_Michigan) |year=2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012141110/https://rtamichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/Fare-Integration-Final-Report-Draft.pdf|archive-date=2015-10-12}} and were previously used on [MARTA](/source/MARTA_rail) and [SEPTA's rapid transit lines](/source/SEPTA_Metro).{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Miles |date=2024-03-27 |title=Detroit: A Tale of Two Weird Rail Systems |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI_zP37ZIeE&t=255s |type=Video |via=[YouTube](/source/YouTube)}}{{Cite web |last=Fredriksen |first=Kristen |date=2018-08-01 |title=MARTA Fare Collection: A Brief History |url=https://www.train-museum.org/2018/07/31/marta-fare-collection-a-brief-history/ |access-date= |website=[Southeastern Railway Museum](/source/Southeastern_Railway_Museum) |language=en-US}} == References == == External links == {{Commons category}} * {{Official website}} Category:Manufacturing companies based in Illinois Category:Elk Grove Village, Illinois Category:Vending machine manufacturers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Genfare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genfare) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genfare?action=history)). 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