Paying at the Santiago Metro can become a challenge when we forget the BIP card! at home or if those who travel are not from the Metropolitan Region, especially at times of trouble.
Thinking about this, Visa prepares to launch an innovative system that will allow paying the passage without using the traditional blue card, and that will be available in the coming months.
How will it be the new payment method that Metro de Santiago will have
This new paymentless payment model with cards, which has already been adopted in the EFE trains of Valparaíso and Chillán, It will also be available soon in Rancagua and Central Station.
According to the country manager for Chile of Visa, Víctor Wipe, this implementation will represent a “Transport democratization” which will also contribute to promoting tourism.
This, he explained, because when a foreigner visits the country, “for example, in Valparaíso, In the south or anywhere you want to use trains or want to use subway, we make the tourist difficult. With this, we make the tourist easy, ”he said.
How visa contactless payment is used in the subway
To use this service, it will be necessary to have a card that has the symbol of the three lines, indicating that it is contactless. Similarly, the validator of the passage must show a similar icon that indicates its compatibility with this system.
If both conditions are met, it will only be enough to bring the visa card to the reader for a few seconds. The device will immediately confirm that the payment was processed correctly.
