# Reisekort > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Reisekort > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Reisekort.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reisekort > Source revision: 1312021034 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Electronic fare card used in Norway}} {{Distinguish|Rejsekort}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox electronic payment | name = {{lang|nb|Elektronisk reisekort}} | location = [Norway](/source/Norway) | launched = 2009 | service_1 = [Greater Oslo](/source/Greater_Oslo_Region) | operator = [Ruter](/source/Ruter) | homepage = [http://www.ruter.no/no/billetter/reisekortet/ Elektronisk reisekort] }} [[File:Flexus ID.jpg|thumb|237px|A Flexus ID-card wrapped in a cover made by the [Norwegian State Railways](/source/Vy)]] thumb|150px|left|A Flexus validator '''{{lang|nb|Elektronisk reisekort}}''' (English: Travelcard; formerly named Flexus) is an [electronic ticket](/source/electronic_ticket) system that was introduced on all [public transport](/source/public_transport) in [Greater Oslo](/source/Greater_Oslo), in 2009 using [Thales](/source/Thales_Group) technology. The system may eventually replace all paper tickets on trips with [Ruter](/source/Ruter) (formerly [Oslo Sporveier](/source/Oslo_Public_Transport_Administration) and [Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk](/source/Stor-Oslo_Lokaltrafikk)) and [commuter train](/source/commuter_rail)s around Oslo operated by the [Norwegian State Railways](/source/Vy). By the end of 2010, there were 340,000 active cards used by Ruter's customer, an increase from 82,000 in January same year. In 2011, the two companies using the Flexus cards decided to stop using the Flexus name and design, instead using different cards, but still with common technology and equal opportunity to buy the same tickets as before these changes in name and design. The cards are from that year named either ''NSB-kort'' for cards produced by NSB or ''Ruter Reisekortet'' (Ruter travel card) for cards produced by Ruter. The goal of the system is to ease and quicken the process of purchasing ticket, create better information about actual travel and reduce non-paying passengers. The system utilises [RFID](/source/Radio-frequency_identification) technology on [smart card](/source/smart_card)s and allows an electronic payment to be made via contactless communication between the card and a verifier. A system of one-time tickets called Impuls was also developed. There have been many delays concerning the implementation of the system, that originally was to be taken into use in 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.ruter.no/no/Billetter-og-priser/Ofte-stilte-sporsmal/Bruken-av-reisekortet/ |title=Ofte stilte spørsmål om elektroniske billetter |publisher=[Oslo Sporveier](/source/Oslo_Sporveier) |language=Norwegian |accessdate=20 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213152029/http://ruter.no/no/Billetter-og-priser/Ofte-stilte-sporsmal/Bruken-av-reisekortet/ |archivedate=13 February 2011 }} The system is partially copied from the Dutch [OV-chipkaart](/source/OV-chipkaart), where testing with the [Thales](/source/Thales_Group) technology started in [Rotterdam](/source/Rotterdam) in 2005. It is now fully operational in The Netherlands. Unlike the OV-chipkaart, Flexus does not provide an [electronic purse](/source/electronic_money) with flexible fare calculation based on distance traveled - it only provides travel products like weekly and monthly passes that will only be valid in zones specified at time of purchase. {{-}} == References == {{reflist}} Category:Fare collection systems in Norway Category:Contactless smart cards Category:Public transport in Oslo Category:Public transport in Akershus Category:Oslo Sporveier Category:Norwegian State Railways Category:Smart cards introduced in 2009 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Reisekort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reisekort) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reisekort?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.