At ELSY, we consider it our mission to help public transport organisations attract and serve their customers by delivering high-quality services. To achieve this, we have developed a business-to-business-to-consumer approach. That means the services we provide are designed to bring benefits to transport businesses and end-users alike.
Underpinned by a commitment to innovation, continuous improvement and long-term partnership, our unique services and portfolio helps you get the most out of your revenue collection system – and helps your travelers to enjoy easy, safe and comfortable journeys.
We own newly built production facility, conveniently located close to logistics hub, deeply integrated with research and development centre. Tight quality control and rigid testing policies allow us to manufacture up to 400 gates per month.
ELSY has quality control system in place certified by ISO 9001:2008
ELSY JSC - Russian company that was founded back in 1990. Since the beginning, ELSY has been increasing its product portfolio, range of expertise to better respond to customer's needs. Our core business focus is on design and development of intermodal fare collection systems for city transport, railway and e-payments.
- 1992In 1992
ELSY JSC together with St. Petersburg Metro has developed and put into daily use an automated fare collection system based on magnetic cards. Today, after several major upgrades that system is installed on 72 metro stations, including over 770 passenger gates and over 300 ticket sale points. In 2003 ELSY was tasked to upgrade existing system and transition it to contactless smart cards.
- 1999Fr om May 1999
ELSY JSC and Moscow railway have introduced automated fare collection system and platform access for Kievskiy train station in Moscow. By March 2001 it was extended to further 40 railway stations in Moscow region and on all train stations in St. Petersburg.
- 2000From year 2000
all newly built stations in Moscow metro are fitted with ELSY made passenger gates.
- 2003In 2003
ELSY JSC has started equipping St. Petersburg metro building and supporting infrastructure with automated access control system based on RFID technology. As of May 2023 more than 72 metro stations are fitted with access control system with more to come.
- 2005In August 2005
first post-soviet metro has been inaugurated in Kazan. An automated intermodal fare collection system including passenger gates has been developed and implemented by ELSY JSC.
- 2008In October 2008
construction of a new production facility has been completed. It is built with latest technologies and manufacturing agility in mind and allows production of up to 300 gates a month. Located in the easily accessible industrial area it is close to major interstate roads and an airport.
- 2010From 2010
intermodal fare collection system developed by ELSY JSC is being gradually deployed across republic of Tatarstan.
- 2011In December 2011
an Almaty metro was inaugurated - first in Kazakhstan and second in Central Asia. After just two years in service the combined annual patronage has reached 6.6 million passengers. All major components of automated fare collection system including gates, TVMs and back-office were developed and integrated by ELSY JSC.
- 2012In June 2012,
Aeroexpress train link from the airport to the city centre was commissioned as part of the infrastructure upgrade program for APEC summit in Vladivostok. ELSY JSC has supplied and installed UT-2000.9 gates in all passenger halls. Before the end of the same year all Aeroexpress stations across Russia were fitted with ELSY made gates.
- 2013During November 2013
prior to Winter Olympics Games in Sochi all stations connecting event locations with city centre were fitted with latest gate model developed by ELSY which were highly praised by passengers.
- 2016In September 2016
Moscow Central Circle opened for passengers and it has 31 stations. All fare collection gates installed on the line are made by ELSY JSC.
- 2018In the spring of 2018
new metro stations have been opened in St. Petersburg and Nizhniy Novgorod to welcome FIFA WorldCup 2018 visitors. ELSY JSC made fare collection software and turnstiles have been installed on these new stations.
- 2019From the beginning of 2019
ELSY JSC has produced and installed over 2000 turnstile add-on modules for video recording in Moscow Metro as part of a FacePay project - new service that allows passengers to use biometric scan as means of paying for a ride.
- 2019In November 2019
first two lines of Moscow Central Diameters have commenced operations. The system began operation on 21 November 2019, when the first two lines were launched. After first 9.5 months of operation, the passenger traffic of the Moscow Central Diameters reached 100 million. They consist of 66 railways stations wh ere all fare collection equipemnt was produced by ELSY JSC
- 2022In December 2022
ELSY JSC has completed a project of upgrading all turnstiles in St. Petersburg metro with a new universal smart card / bank card reader and QR-scanner all in one sleek package. This upgrade allows passengers to use any payment option they prefer in a simple, non confusing manner.
- 2023In March 2023
Big Circular Line of Moscow Metro was opened for public. It is the third circle line on the system, running outside of the existing circle Koltsevaya line and interlocking with Moscow Central Circle and consists of 31 new stations. All turnstiles have been manufactured and installed by ELSY JSC.
- 2023In August 2023
lines 3 and 4 of Moscow Central Diameters have commenced operations. New lines consist respectively of 37 and 38 new railway stations and interchange hubs wh ere all fare collection equipment is produced by ELSY JSC
Every day more than 17 million passengers are using ELSY JSC - made products and fare collection systems across St. Petersburg metro, Moscow metro, Almaty metro, Russian Railways network country wide and numerous ground transport operators throughout Russia. This alone is a true statement of our product's reliability.
Our partners have leading positions in their respective market sector locally in Russia and internationally.
