The Community of Madrid has taken another step in the integration of the public transport card in mobile phones. Until now, the transport card app allowed you to recharge your passes, but not carry them on the device itself.
This Monday, the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, announced during the inauguration at IFEMA of the third edition of the Global Mobility Call the activation of the public transport card for mobile phones starting this Tuesday, November 19.
As the president of the Community pointed out, this “is the first step to fully integrate the transport card into the mobile phone throughout 2025.”
In a brief statement, the Community of Madrid points out that this novelty is the first phase of a TTP virtualization process.
However, at the moment, not all mobile phones will be able to use this system. Nor do all the fertilizers. What starts this Tuesday It will be used for the tickets of 10 trips, tourism and the airport supplement.
As for mobile phones, it will be necessary to have reading by NFC with Android 7.0 system and with Google Wallet. In this way, Apple devices with iOS operating system are excluded from this option. Even so, in that statement, the Community of Madrid has specified that the virtualization of the TTP “will also be available for the personal monthly subscription, facilitating its widespread use including iOS technology” for next year.
How to activate the public transport card on your mobile
As mentioned, to be able to carry the tickets for 10 trips, tourist tickets and the airport supplement on your mobile phone, it will be necessary to have a Android device 7.0 or higher and Google Wallet.
For the next six months, the application will be free to download on smartphones. It can be obtained from the Play Store.
Once downloaded, a bank card will have to be associated with the corresponding title and from there it can be used from Google Wallet. In this way, all you have to do is bring your mobile phone close to the turnstile for the card to be recognized and access the metro network.
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1. Your mobile phone must have NFC technology, Android 7.0 operating system or higher and Google Wallet
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2. Download the ‘Virtual Transport Card’ application from the Play Store
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3. Enter personal details and register a bank card to make payments. This step is done from the ‘Register card’ option
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4. Acquire the title you want to use
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5. The title, once purchased and paid, will go to the Google Wallet platform
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6. Select the card in Wallet and bring your phone closer to the turnstile to access the metro network
According to the Community of Madrid, throughout the testing phase, 19,400 users have used it and 588,500 trips have been made. To obtain information about what type of public transport in Madrid to use to reach your destination you can use the different mobility apps that operate in the city.
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