Athens Public Transport Goes Contactless: "Tap2Ride" Launches Next Week

Say goodbye to insubstantial tickets and hullo to contactless payments connected Athens nationalist transport. Starting Wednesday, January 15th, passengers volition beryllium capable to wage for their journeys with a elemental pat of their slope card, mobile phone, oregon smartwatch.

The Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) is rolling retired the caller "tap2ride" system, which volition revolutionize however radical question connected the city's metro, trolley, tram, and autobus services.

The strategy volition beryllium officially launched astatine an lawsuit astatine Syntagma Metro Station adjacent week.

Using "tap2ride" is easy. Passengers simply pat their contactless slope paper oregon a instrumentality with a integer wallet connected designated readers erstwhile entering the transport system.

The fare volition beryllium automatically deducted from their account.

The strategy is designed to beryllium user-friendly and efficient. It calculates the full trips taken passim the time and charges the lawsuit the lowest imaginable fare, eliminating the request for the existing ATH.ENA Ticket and ATH.ENA Card.

This modernization effort brings Athens nationalist transport successful enactment with planetary trends and offers greater convenience for passengers.

The "tap2ride" strategy is expected to streamline travel, trim summons queues, and amended the wide rider experience.