Automated payment system (APS) will be designed and applied in the subway at the early stage, Tashshahartranshizmat chairman Shamurad Muhammadjanov said.

The joint venture will build inter-station informational transport network on base of fiber cable. It will enable to use smart cards instead tickets. The APS is expected to be applied in buses and trams in the second stage.

The value of the project is not disclosed. The project will be financed by all three joint venture founders, Muhammadjanov said. The APS project is being coordinated in Uzbek ministries at the moment.

There are 29 subway stations with length of 39.1 kilometers in Tashkent. The Tashkent subway conveyed 73. Four million passengers in 2008. The trains make around 730 rides each day. This is only subway in the Central Asia. Passengers use token to pay for travel. Tashkent subway is second only to bus transport for the number of passengers.