Public transport fares in the Île-de-France

Public transport fares in the Île-de-France are implemented with a mixture of paper and electronic tickets. Prices are determined by Île-de-France Mobilités, the regional autorité organisatrice de transports ("Regional Transport Organisational Authority"). As of January 2025, single tickets within Paris cost €2.00 on the bus and tram network, and €2.50 on the métro, RER, and rail networks. Monthly passes covering all fare zones cost €88.80.
The public transport network of Île-de-France Mobilités was until 2025 divided into 5 zones. Zone 1 covered the city of Paris, and zones 2-5 surround it. Zone 4 included Versailles, and zone 5 includes Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports, and Disneyland Paris.
Starting 1991, there were 8 zones. On 1 July 2007, zones 7 and 8 were merged into zone 6. On 1 July 2011, zone 6 was itself merged into zone 5. This was done to reduce transportation costs for residents of outer suburbs. On 11 February 2015, STIF (as Île-de-France Mobilités was then known) voted to discontinue passes covering zones 1–2, 1–3, and 1–4, leaving only passes covering all zones (and passes covering only zones outside zone 1). The price of a monthly pass for zones 1-5 was lowered from €116.50 to €70 (which was the price of the monthly pass for zones 1-2 prior to the change).
From January 2025, new single tickets were introduced that are valid for all zones (except for the airports).
Île-de-France Mobilités sells several kinds of ticket. Single tickets are intended for occasional passengers. Combination and season tickets are aimed at regular travellers and those touring the region, and can be bought for various periods of validity. Tickets can be loaded onto "Navigo" smart cards, which come in various types, such as Navigo Easy for single and day tickets, and Navigo and Navigo Découverte for longer-term passes. Some tickets are also sold as paper tickets.
Single tickets are available as follows:
The ticket t+ and origin-destination tickets are being withdrawn from sale progressively from 1 January 2025, but remain available from older ticket machines that cannot issue Navigo Easy passes. Old tickets remain valid until the end of 2025.
Navigo is a smartcard on which passes valid for a day, a week, a month, or a year may be loaded. Navigo cards are available to people living or working in Île-de-France, and have a photo of the user printed on them. Navigo Découverte cards are available to everyone at a cost of €5, and must be personalized by attaching a passport sized photograph before being valid for use. Passes can be loaded with the following passes:
The ticket can be used for any number of journeys on any form of public transport in the region (except Orlyval). Weekly and monthly passes are also available for select zones (2–3, 3–4, or 4–5) for a lower price.
Navigo cards can also be linked with the Navigo Liberté+ service, which allows users who reside or work in Île-de-France to pay for all their trips at the end of each month by direct debit from their bank account. Users are billed for single tickets at the carnet price, with a daily cap at the price of a day pass. Navigo Liberté+ also allows for transfers between the Métro/RER and the bus/tram network without a second charge (unlike the Ticket t+). It does not allow for use of the RER outside zone 1.
Prior to 2009, passes were sold on a carte orange with a magnetic strip. Until 2011, annual passes were previously sold under the name Carte Intégrale.
The Carte Imagine'R is a ticket for students between 12 and 25 years of age. Valid for a year, it can be used on all modes of public transport in the region. Mondays to Fridays it can be used only in the zones assigned to the ticket, but at weekends and during public and school holidays the zones are relaxed and it can be used throughout the region. It also acts as a discount card in many large retailers and at other attractions.
The Paris Visite is an all-day ticket aimed at tourists with four periods of validity: one, two, three or five consecutive days. It allows unlimited travel within the chosen zones (1–3 or 1–5) on all modes of transport – except the Filéo at Charles de Gaulle Airport, tourist buses, and Le Bus Direct services. Tickets for zones 1-5 allow travel to Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports. It is issued as a paper ticket, on which the traveller's name and the dates of validity must be written by hand before use, and can also be loaded on a Navigo Easy card.
On select days with high air pollution, designated by the Préfecture de Police, a reduced-price day ticket called Forfait Antipollution is available for €3.80. It covers all modes of transport (except Orlyval) in zones 1–5, and is available as a paper ticket or can be loaded onto any Navigo card.
The Carte Améthyste is a discount card for the elderly and the disabled (aged over 20). It allows free travel on all modes of transport throughout the Île-de-France.
The Carte Solidarité Transport is a discount card for those in great need, those on sickness benefits, those on unemployment benefits, single parents, and those earning the Revenu minimum d'insertion (RMI, a minimum earnings guarantee). It provides a discount of 50% on single tickets and 75% on monthly and weekly Carte orange tickets. The carte has a validity of one year and is intended for those in receipt of benefits. It is only available on demand, and exclusively by telephone (on a free call) through the Solidarité Transport agency.
Moreover, residents receiving Revenu de solidarité active (RSA, a form of social welfare) can use all of the road and rail network for free (except the Orlyval). Since 1 December 2008 this has also applied to those receiving the Allocation spécifique de solidarité, another benefit. Beneficiaries of RMI must renew their pass every three months, and the credits are automatically assigned to a Navigo pass or at a charging station.
In 1900, a second-class Paris Métro ticket cost 15 centimes of the old franc, and a first-class ticket 25 centimes. In 1960, it cost 37 centimes of the new franc. Six hundred million Métro tickets were sold that year, an average of around 1,500 a minute.
First class was abolished in 1991 on the Métro, and in 1999 on the rest of the railway network in the Île-de-France.