Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) is an automated system for rail transportation that

performs ticket vending, ticket checking, fare calculation, fare collection, statistics,

clearing and management tasks; It uses AFC equipment, computers, communication

networks and automatic control technology. The structure of an AFC system consists of five levels: fare media, station level equipment, station computers, central computers,

central clearing system.

Features
- Integrated management
  Based on the multi-level authority limits management model, integrate different level

  departments management, equipment, clearing, smart card management, online

  e-payment system, convenient query and policy analysis etc.
- Flexible
  Support real-time online and offline transaction.
- Tailoring
  The five level structure can be tailored for cloud computing.