End of the paper ticket, here are the digital solutions
It is no longer possible to buy your bus ticket at the terminals. Monaco Tribune details the solutions and alternatives offered to users.
Payer on the bus, contactless
On contact with your bank card (see image above), the validator located in the bus emitted its traditional beep : you have just purchased a dematerialized ticket. This ticket costs €1.50, or 50 cents less than the traditional ticket that the driver can sell you for change. In the event of an inspection, your credit card serves as proof for the agents. Please note that contactless bank payment via your smartphone does not work.
The bank card allows Open Payment and follows a logic of capped rates. ” When you use your credit card on the validator, you will never be charged more than €5.50 per day, €15 per week and €22 per month explains Sébastien Massiani, Logistics, Operations and Communication Manager at CAM.
” Concretely, if a user validates his bank card 10 times on the same day, he will be debited €5.50 at the end of the day. If he reaches 15€ of expenses on Thursday, he can travel for free until Sunday (The credit card must still be placed on the validator but no money will be taken, editor’s note). If €22 is spent by the user, his journeys will cost him nothing until the end of the month “, discover the person in charge.
Note that these calculations work on so-called administrative days, weeks and months, i.e. from the 1st to the 31st, from Monday to Sunday and from 00:01 to midnight.
Monapass request
On your smartphone, it is possible to flash the QR codes present at the bus stops or to install the application Monpass. On the latter, the purchase of the ticket is done entirely online, although it is necessary to activate the ticket and validate the QR code once on the bus.
1 trip, 10 trips, 24-hour pass, 7-day pass… The application offers all the options available to the user, who can store their pass directly on the application. He can also transfer his CAM card and subscription to Monapass.
Online Store
The Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco shop offers all the options mentioned above. By accepting his account, the user can buy his transport tickets, reload his card or renew his subscription. However, access to it is reserved for users who have a transport card in their name.