Common stored value ticket

A common stored value ticket was a plastic magnetically sensitive card used for paying fares on the MTR and KCR railway systems in Hong Kong[1] from 1984 to 1999.

It was also used on Citybus and Kowloon Motor Bus for some MTR and KCR feeder bus services and two branches of Café de Coral, these tickets however, could not be used for 1st class services or trips from or to Lo Wu station on the KCR.

The MTR and KCR have continued to issue magnetic strip cards for single-journey and souvenir tickets.

In 1981, MTR Corporation started using magnetic strip cards as tickets.

The turnstile would return the ticket to the user when the passenger enters and leaves the subway system, depending on how much money remains.