Metro Navigo Card -- Paper or Plastic?

Could someone please tell me whether the Navigo metro card is a paper ticket (like the old Carte Orange) that has to be inserted in the turnstile or a plastic card that is electronically read at the turnstyle?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks.

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Hi JCM1949..so my post in your other thread.

The Navigo decouvert is a paper card e encased cased in a rigid plastic cover. You pass it over the purple %26quot;reader%26quot; at the gate to the metro or the entrance to a bus. The reader will ding to indicate the pass has been accepted.

Have a good trip.

Denise

love from England xx

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Denise - are you sure?

I know the card you put your photo on is plastic coated paper but the actual fare card (with microchip) is plastic, isn%26#39;t it?

In any case, JCM, you don%26#39;t feed the card into a slot, just pass it over the reader.

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Navigo cards are actually flexible, 2mm thick plastic CC-size cards containing an RFID (radio frequency identification) chip. The RATP provides a rigid plastic sleeve to protect the card from bending because they are flexible and prone to damage.

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Looking at my navigo decouvert pass now. There are two cards, one is green, white and purple, plastic credit card size type card with a chip in it and the words %26quot;Navigo decouverte%26quot;. The other is flexible cardboard, white with purple and the words %26quot;carte nominative transport%26quot;. This has my photo on it. Both cards fit into a rigid plastic sleeve together. It passes over the reader intact, you do not have to take the cards out.

Denise

love from england