Toulouse. Popular on a bus line, payment by bank card deployed in the metro and tram
By Guillaume Laurent
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get ready to see new arrivals black terminalsdedicated to payment by credit card, in all buses, trams and other metros in the agglomeration of Toulouse. After the success of an experiment carried out on the Airport shuttle, Tisséo is in fact preparing to make this service a success across its entire network. Explanations.
Pay with card or smartphone
Monday, July 4, 2022, black validators, with the logo of contactless payment, have appeared in the Airport Shuttle, which allows you to go from Matabiau station to the Toulouse-Blagnac terminal.
By paying for their tickets at the specific open payment terminal, travelers can pay for their trip directly with their Bank cardor even with their smartphone, thanks to NFC payment. A small revolution in the Tisséo network.
Two months later, “the device already knows a big success and we did not find any problem”, rejoices Frank Lesens, director of information systems and innovation at Tisséo. According to him, on the airport shuttle, no less than “25% of validations are registered with this technology”, including contactless payments on mobile phones.
Valid for a single trip
Logically, the purchase of transport tickets by credit card only allows you to pay a single move. “It is a service primarily intended for travelers passing through, or for professionals who occasionally take the metro,” continues Franck Lesens.
“Contactless payment is part of new uses for more connected and fluid mobility, but also more responsible with the removal of tickets”, also advanced at the beginning of the summer. Nicolas Misiak, the president of Tisséo Voyageurs. “Contactless payment is included in Tisséo’s MaaS (Mobility as a Service) program, which aims to simplify the user journey through technological innovation.
How do I get proof of payment?
For users who want to get proof of paymentit is possible to Connect to the Tisséo website where, by entering the number of the bank card with which he paid for his trip, he can edit a receipt.
You should also know that in the event of an inspection, all he has to do is show his card or his smartphone to the Tisséo controller.
Throughout the Tisséo network… before the Rugby World Cup
Based on these convincing results, Tisséo wants to accelerate the deployment… “across the entire network”. Within a year, according to the transport authority in the Toulouse conurbation, you should therefore be able to pay with your bank card in the subwaybut also in the tram, the cable car and in each of the lines of bus Tisséo, whatever the sector served.
“The device will be deployed in all means of transport for the Rugby World Cup in September 2023”.
Toulouse being Japan’s base camp for the World Cup, this should in particular simplify life for the many Japanese tourists (and consumers) expected in the Pink City for the occasion.
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