Paris Metro begins phasing out physical tickets

Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) has begun phasing out the sale of physical tickets for journeys on the Paris Metro as the first step towards accepting contactless or mobile fare payments only.

The transit authority has already stopped selling physical T+ ticket booklets.

“The dematerialisation of your transport tickets continues, for even freer and more flexible mobility,” IDFM says.

The transit authority began rolling out support for contactless ticketing on Android NFC phones in 2019 and announced plans to add support for NFC transit ticketing on Apple devices in February.