Washington Metro lets students add digital transit passes to Apple Wallet through NFC

College students with a physical prepaid U-Pass SmarTrip transit card can now generate, store and use a digital version of it in Apple Wallet.

The card enables them to make unlimited journeys on Metrorail and Metrobus services in the US capital Washington DC during term-time for a fixed fare of US$1 a day.

With Express Mode, there’s no need for Face ID, Touch ID or to unlock the device. When the U-Pass expires at the end of the school year, it will be removed from the wallet.

Each year participating schools will continue to distribute new U-Pass SmarTrip cards to all eligible students at the beginning of the fall semester.