 On June 1, 1993, MTA distributed 3,000 MetroCards manufactured by Cubic Transportation Systems in the first major test of the technology for the entire subway system and the entire bus system.Less than a year later, on January 6, 1994, MetroCard-compatible turnstiles opened at Wall Street on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line () and Whitehall Street – South Ferry on the BMT Broadway Line ().All MetroCard turnstiles were installed by May 14, 1997, when the entire bus and subway system accepted MetroCard.