Multivía is a contactless card designed for paying the travel fares in the mass transport system

Transantiago Red Metropolitana de Movilidad (English: ''Metropolitan Mobility Network''; named Transantiago until March 2019) is a public transport system that serves Santiago, the capital of Chile. It is considered the most ambitious transport reform undertak ...

, in

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, the capital of

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. Tarjeta Bip! or Bip! Card is a

plastic card A debit card, also known as a check card or bank card is a payment card that can be used in place of cash to make purchases. The term ''#Plastic card, plastic card'' includes the above and as an identity document. These are similar to a credi ...

equipped with a chip, that automatically discounts the cost of a travel when passing the card near a contactless card reader.

Overview

Users can buy a new card for $1100 pesos (about 2 US dollars) and add money to the card in the ticket boxes located in the subways stations, bip! points, bip! centers, and inside a lot of shops in

. It is the only way to pay to ride the Transantiago Greater Santiago buses, but is an option for the Metro system. As of December 2010, the adult fares were 500 pesos for the bus, and 580 pesos for the metro. No personal data register is needed (unlike the cards used in London or other cities) with the exception of the personalized Bip! Cards, and other discount-fare Bip! Card for students and senior citizens (these cards feature a picture of the holder and the name printed on it). Currently, the system operates fully functional in the whole

Public Transport Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...

system of

. Bip! Card is similar to other pre-paid cards and pay-as-you-go systems (like the

Oyster card The Oyster card is a payment method for public transport in London (and certain areas around it) in England, United Kingdom. A standard Oyster card is a blue credit-card-sized stored-value contactless smart card. It is promoted by Transport ...

in London's Underground, the MetroCard in New York, and the Octopus card in Hong Kong). If you use the card in any bus, or in the Metro, you will get 4 free trips inside the next 2 hours after you pay the first time.

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{{Santiago Metro Fare collection systems Transport in Santiago Contactless smart cards