Is there a Paris equivalent of London's Oyster Pay-As-You-Go?
When travelling around London, I usually follow the standing advice and use an Oyster pay-as-you-go card for my tube/bus/train/dlr journeys. It works well, as I can load some cash on every so often, quickly breeze through turnstiles / onto buses, and I know that after a few journeys in a day my costs will be capped and all subsequent journeys will be effectively "free".
Historically, when in Paris, I've tended to just buy a carnet of 10 metro/bus tickets, often from the shop on-board the Eurostar on the way. However, I've noticed recently that almost everyone else is using Navigo cards for their travel, rather than the paper metro tickets. Is it possible to get an equivalent to an Oyster pay-as-you-go for Paris as an occasional tourist? (Let's say 2-5 journeys in a typical day)
Best Answer
Despite being one of the first transit systems to introduce contactless passes (back in 2001), further development of the system has been extremely slow compared to what has been observed in many other cities, which have gone from nothing to very complete and flexible systems in a fraction of the time.
Beyond annual passes (2001) and monthly and weekly passes (2005), daily passes were only added in 2018!
At the moment, there is no pay-as-you go scheme, no way to load a card with a product bought online by just using a ticket gate, no compatibility with contactless payment cards (though this has been talked about several times, it has yet to materialise).
Pay-as-you go is finally planned to be introduced in April 2019, with Navigo Easy, which will allow loading the card with regular tickets, daily passes, and more. The card itself will be sold 2 euros.
Another scheme, Navigo Liberté+, will allow users to be billed at the end of the month for whatever they use (on the basis of the Ticket t+ "carnet" price). It's unclear whether it will even be possible to use it outside of the Ticket t+ validity zones.
No mention of automatic caps like on Oyster yet, though.
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Is there an Oyster card equivalent in Paris?
Re: Is there a version of London's Oyster Card in Paris? The Navigo Decouverte is as close as it gets. It covers all public transport within the Ile de France region. The cards cost 5 euros each, and can be recharged weekly or monthly (weekly is Monday-Sunday, monthly is the calendar month).Can I get an Oyster card if I live outside London?
You can also get an Oyster card before you arrive in London if you live in the UK. If you do not live in the UK, you can still get an Oyster card but only when you arrive in London. You can also pay for your travel with a contactless payment card.Can you pay as you go with Paris Metro?
It's reusable so if you return to Paris you can load up fares onto the same card. The first time you buy, you have to pay a \u20ac5 for the card itself and then you buy a week or month's worth of transportation that is loaded onto the card....NAVIGO DECOUVERTE PASS PRICES.Fare ZoneWeeklyMonthlyZone 1-5\u20ac22.80\u20ac75.20Is it cheaper to get an Oyster card or a Travelcard?
As a general rule a Travelcard is more expensive than an Oyster card or Contactless payment card. The exception is if you make 3 or more journeys for 6 days or more within a 7 day period. In this case a 7 day Travelcard works out cheaper than an Oyster or Contactless payment card.LONDON VS PARIS | Differences between London and Paris as an Expat
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Actually I find transportation fares in Paris much easier than in London. There are no fares divided per day times, you get only one unique cost per ride (based on the zones, but this is quite easy for occasional travelers since usually you don't go outside zone 1-2).
Mobilis is a daily pass with unlimited rides and with a fixed rate, so basically it's the same as the cap price with oyster pay-as-you go, and the alternative you are looking for.
(Navigo Decouverte, which offers unlimited travels over 1 week for example, can be bought also by tourists, but it worths the effort only if you arrive beginning of the week. Starting from friday you can buy it for the following week. So if you arrive at the end of the week you will have some days uncovered.)
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