you have three days left to buy your metro tickets at regular price – Libération

2024-07-16 12:18:09

From Saturday July 20, the prices of metro tickets and other public transport in Ile-de-France will increase significantly. What do we need to know about this additional forecast, and how can we expect it?

He is coming. The 4 Euro metro ticket will soon be accepted across the Paris region. From July 20 to September 8, the price of a metro ticket will almost double, from 2.15 euros to 4 euros, while a book of ten tickets will increase from 17.35 euros. to 32 euros. For RER journeys outside Paris, the price of a single ticket will increase from 5 to 6 euros, while a ten-book will increase from 40 to 48 euros.

Temporary increases of 15% in total, which should be possible to finance the capacity through the RATP and the area of ​​transportation provision during the period of the Olympic Games (from July 26 to August 11) and the Paralympic Games ( from August 28 to August 26 to August 11). September 8). The purpose is not to place on Ile-de-France taxpayers the additional costs generated by the 500,000 tourists expected daily on the network. Libe answer your questions and advise you a few days before the fateful day.

Are Navigo subscriptions reserved?

This price increase will not affect the 5 million regular passengers, monthly or annual subscribers to the various Navigo passes: Imagine R Pass, Senior Pass, Amethyst Pass or the benefits of the social price. Ile-de-France Mobilités specific Monday July 15 was published Tu of it “This price increase affects travelers and tourists who come for the Games. Subscribers […] will be able to continue to travel throughout the Ile-de-France, as they do today.” A public agency explains that “We occasionally invite users to anticipate and choose available solutions to avoid this price increase within five days.” Yes, but what are these solutions?

📣 D-5 before price change!

Not yet subscribed? This is ours #solutions :

– Frequent traveler: subscribe to an annual or monthly plan
– Occasional traveller: opt for the Navigo Liberté package +🙌 load a #Navigo Simple or a smartphone (up to 30 tickets… pic.twitter.com/CIv34HFOMf

– IDF Mobilités (@IDFmobilites) July 15, 2024

It’s easy: buy your tickets before July 20

Tickets purchased individually before July 20 will remain valid during the Olympics, as they do not have an expiration date. Buying them in advance therefore seems more than wise. To buy your tickets, avoid cardboard, and favor tickets loaded on the smartphone or on the Navigo Easy Pass. The use of digital media is about to become widespread from the end of the sale of T + cardboard tickets in 2023. Navigo Easy Pass, a charging card, available at stations, at ticket counters or at approved shops, 2 euros. On this passport or your phone, you can save up to 30 trips, allowing you to buy advance tickets at a price of 17.35 euros for a small book of ten. Finally, for occasional users of the RER and trains outside of Paris, the Ile-de-France Mobilités recommends obtaining “first-destination” tickets (5 euros each and 40 euros for ten pages). However, there are other solutions for short-term but more regular travelers who don’t want to opt for an annual or monthly Navigo pass.

Other solutions: the Liberté + subscription or the Paris 2024 pass

To get around the metro ticket increase, you can also choose the Navigo Liberté + pass. This free subscription allows you to pay for the trips you make at the end of the month, at a rate of 1.73 euros per trip. Subscriptions are made online or at counters, and allow you to travel on all metro or RER networks in Paris (connections offered without exits), and on all buses and trams in the Land -France (except trams T11, T12 and T13). ). “In addition, tours are offered at 8.65 euros per day,” information Ile-de-France Mobilités. A solution that allows you to avoid charging passes or buying tickets, and which benefits from a special offer in August: Liberté + subscribers can sponsor their loved ones and benefit from trips 5 free this month for dad and god.

Finally, to try to deal with all situations, the transport manager in the Ile-de-France region has made a special offer for the Olympics, “consistent, useful and convenient”, who “available in physical or physical form” : Paris 2024 pass 16 euros per day “Decreases depending on the number of days you take, going to 70 euros for 7 days, or 10 euros per day”, explains IDF Mobilités. The pass must enable access in one way “infinite” in “The entire Ile-de-France transport network”, “including the Orly and Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airports as well as the Olympic and Paralympic sites”. Already available on Île-de-France Mobilités and Paris 2024 City Travel Apps, pass “can be purchased in advance to avoid lines”, specify the agency area.