The Madrid EMT finally accepts payments with Apple Pay, but it is still little

The Municipal Transport Company of Madrid, by its acronym EMT, remains "anchored in the past" despite her efforts. This year we have seen how the company has forced users to switch to the NFC through its rechargeable cards, active for a long time for those who had the transport pass, however, it was impossible to pay on their buses if it was not in cash.

Now in full expansion «contactless», the Madrid EMT has activated payment through Apple Pay and other NFC means on its buses, a partial solution to the problem of the physical format that seems totally insufficient.

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Until now, payment could only be made on the Madrid EMT buses in cash (and without contributing amounts greater than 10 euros ...) or through the multi-service rechargeable card, all this after the disappearance of the classic paper ticket months ago. However, it is still completely impossible to do something as simple as integrating this transport pass or reloadable card in Wallet for iOS, that is, to completely dispense with the physical format, something that is already done in cities like London and that still seems too far away. in the Spanish capital.

Meanwhile this service will be gradually integrated over the next few months thanks to the EMTPay campaign as indicated in Applesphere, but we remind you that you will still not be able to do something as simple as recharging your transport pass at the Metro Madrid machines (since almost all of them lack a contactless payment system) despite the fact that the lathes do work through NFC technology . Be that as it may, the first line to receive the specified charging system will be the Airport Express Line, but it will also expand to other services such as car parks and BiciMAD, Will we ever be able to use the subscription like any other Apple Pay card?