Obliteration of a magnetic card – Underground station

About the sound

A device called "PRODATA" (commonly known in the city as the "orange machine") is the instrument for the obliteration of a magnetic card (ticket "JUMP") by the ticket office. STIB adopted this method in 1993 and should be replaced in a near future. The operation is manual: the one-journey ticket is inserted in the machine, validated, then the ticket is expelled from the machine, collected by the traveller and automatic doors open.

The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (French: Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles, or STIB; Dutch: Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel or MIVB) is the local public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium. It is usually referred to in English by its French acronym, STIB.

It is responsible for the Brussels metro, Brussels trams and Brussels buses. Founded in 1954, STIB operates six metro lines (39 km), 15 tram lines (128.3 km) and 51 bus routes (348.8 km). It covers the 19 communes of the Brussels Capital Region and some surface routes extend to the near suburbs in the other regions. 329 million trips were made in 2011, a 5.6% increase from the previous year.

Sounds were recorded in Metro station « Sainte-Catherine », in the heart of the city.