The TTC unveiled new security measures on Wednesday in an effort to crack down on counterfeit metropasses.
The announcement is in response to a week-long blitz that resulted in 96 charges being laid against 30 people.
Officials say the accused made phony passes which look almost identical to the real thing. Last fall, the TTC eliminated paper tickets in an effort to cut down on counterfeit ones, but the move hasn't eradicated the problem.
Transit officials say they seize about 500 bogus passes every month at a loss of millions of dollars a year.
TTC chairman Adam Giambrone says the passes will now have new features including a sticker that will have be peeled off like a credit card or a debit card and a new hologram.
He says there will also be new benefits, which include allowing officials to know when the passes are being used and the hologram allows for easier visual verification.
The TTC will do a four month test trial and in six months they will know if they can retrofit stations with the new system. In the next few years, the transit system will be looking into implementing "smartcards."
