Occasional travellers: validating your transport with your bank card is now possible

Key points

The bank card now allows you to buy a breakdown ticket on board almost all buses in Paris and the inner suburbs
From 30 June 2026, it also allows you to pay for your ticket directly at the exit of the station at Orly Airport
On 8 July, it will be possible to validate by credit card on the Montmartre funicular
It's a troubleshooting solution: no connections included, higher fare than traditional tickets
To prepare for a stay in Île-de-France, tickets are still available on the Île-de-France Mobilités app, the Navigo Easy pass or the Wallet

© Brice Perrin / Île-de-France Mobilités

A safety net for tourists and hyper-casual travellers

50 million tourists visit the Île-de-France region every year. Most of them are familiar with Ile-de-France transport tickets and know where to buy them - vending machine, ticket office, app. But it can happen to get on a bus without the right ticket, to disembark at Orly airport on line 14 with an unsuitable ticket, that you can't find an ATM at the right time.

It is precisely for these situations that Île-de-France Mobilités deploys credit card purchase terminals directly on board and in the station.

Validate in one gesture with your card - physical, or dematerialized on a smartphone
No app, no account, no currency
When boarding or in front of a validator, all you have to do is bring your card close to buy a ticket to board
Possibility to validate for yourself and up to 4 additional people (i.e. five simultaneous travellers)
A solution with no transfers included, at a higher price than traditional tickets, but a solution to help out

What are the fees for credit card validation?

Bus and funicular: price of an SMS boarding ticket + €0.50 (i.e. €2.55 at 2026 prices)
Metro/train/RER: price of a metro/train/RER ticket + €0.80 (i.e. €3.35 at 2026 prices)
Airports: Airports ticket price + €0.80 (i.e. €14.80 at 2026 prices)

To prepare for a stay in Île-de-France, tickets are still available on the Île-de-France Mobilités app or the Navigo Easy pass, including before arrival.

Finding the right ticket

At Orly Airport, from 30 June 2026, on the Montmartre Funicular from 8 July

Discover the timetable for the deployment of credit card validation (troubleshooting) on the Île-de-France Mobilités network

Bus

In the buses of Paris and the inner suburbs, the deployment of the terminals, already significant, will be completely completed by the end of August 2026
Deployment in the summer of 2028 for buses in the outer suburbs

Orly Airport

From 30 June, on arrival at Orly airport, on metro line 14, passengers who have not validated a Paris Region Aéroports ticket when entering the network, can pay €14 directly by credit card at the exit of the station, without going through an ATM or looking for the right ticket beforehand

Montmartre Funicular

On 8 July, the Montmartre Funicular in Paris joined the programme

Metro / rail network

In July 2027, metro line 1 will be equipped
By the end of 2027, implementation on lines 4, 14, 15 and 18
By the end of 2028, lines 7 and 12 will also be equipped.
By 2030, the rest of the rail network will be accessible with a bank card

Exit of line 14, at Orly Airport © Brice Perrin

Ten years of the ticketing revolution for those who finance the network on a daily basis

Since 2019, Île-de-France Mobilités has gradually dematerialised all ticketing in the Ile-de-France region, in particular tickets for occasional travellers: Navigo Easy and Liberté + on smartphones, the end of the cardboard ticket. As a result, 100% of new occasional tickets are now purchased on smartphones or Navigo passes. This first step first benefited the people of the Ile-de-France region, those who take transport every week, finance the network, and for whom every minute at the ticket office counted.