Everyone has had the misfortune of seeing their metro tickets demagnetised because they were exposed to another magnetic source. And with more and more cards featuring magnetic strips, this type of incident was becoming a regular occurrence.
But the end of the demagnetised ticket is approaching. Visit Board of Directors of Île-de-France Mobilités on 14 April approved the definitive disappearance of t+ paper ticket books in the first quarter of 2022.
This is the culmination of a process to modernise the tickets offering that began in 2016 by Valérie Pécressethe President of the Ile-de-France region. At the time, the latter wanted to...
Everyone has had the misfortune of seeing their metro tickets demagnetised because they were exposed to another magnetic source. And with more and more cards featuring magnetic strips, this type of incident was becoming a regular occurrence.
But the end of the demagnetised ticket is approaching. Visit Board of Directors of Île-de-France Mobilités on 14 April approved the definitive disappearance of t+ paper ticket books in the first quarter of 2022.
This is the culmination of a process to modernise the tickets offering that began in 2016 by Valérie Pécressethe President of the Ile-de-France region. Since September 2019, the Navigo Pass and the Navigo Easy Pass have made it possible to travel between Paris and its suburbs. load packages as well as individual tickets.
Navigo Easy is available with no commitment, a perfect option for occasional travellers.. You can therefore store ticket books, airport tickets or various packages on this single medium. You can also lend it to other people as it is non-nominative.
Paper tickets to be phased out gradually, says IDF Mobilités. However, it will be completed by end of the first half of 2022. The aim is to direct users to "fare products available on the Navigo Easy card, smartphones and the Navigo Liberté+ contract" according to the agency. It will also help to protect the environment. Paper tickets in their current form take a year to decompose.
However, paper will not disappear completely. Visit individual ticket will remain on its cardboard base. Especially for travellers arriving in Paris for the first time.
