Validation with bank card
Video to know how to purchase and validate single bus tickets with a contactless bank card. (00:40)
Texts in Catalan.
When you get on the bus through the first door, you will find a reader in front of the cab. It is the contactless bank card reader that allows you to buy and validate the single bus ticket in a single step, just by approaching the card.
Card reading buys and validates a single ticket for a particular bus. The bank card reader accepts Visa, Mastercard and American Express credit cards in any format (card, mobile or watch). If you are travelling with more people who also need a single ticket, you will need to hold the card close to the reader as many times as there are people.
The bank card reader emits a short sound on one note to indicate that the purchase and validation are correct. It also displays a message on the screen. If there has been any incident in the reading, the sound is on two notes.
If the payment card is not valid, you will need to use another one. If the reading was incorrect, you will need to pass the card, mobile or watch back over the reader.
Digital tickets
This purchase and validation system is completely digital. This means that the machine does not issue any physical tickets. If you have used this purchase and validation system and ticket inspectors board the bus, all you have to do is give them the last four digits of the card you used to pay. This provides proof that single tickets have actually been purchased on this bus with this card.
Transactions on the Bus Ticket website
Using a card to purchase and validate single bus tickets enables you to carry out a number of transactions online. At Bus Ticket, you can view and download a simplified invoice for each purchase, access your travel history, view payment details, and add or remove cards. To access these procedures, you must register on the same website with an email and a password and keep the details of the cards you use regularly there.
You can request a full invoice with a simplified purchase invoice.
You can modify your account details in Bus Ticket, change email or password, add or remove cards) and delete the account at any time.
Do you need help?
If you have any queries about purchasing and validating the single bus ticket by bank, let us know through the enquiry form and with the subject "Purchasing tickets online". If the query is about a specific transaction, please provide us with the date of purchase, the approximate purchase time, the last four digits of the card with which payment was made, the number of tickets purchased in that transaction, the bus coach number if you know it, the bus line and the bank receipt.
Go to Conditions of purchase and validation of single bus tickets by bank card.