What is a Navigo Youth Weekend Day Pass / Navigo Jeunes Week-end?
For tourists/visitors & residents 25 years old or younger a Navigo Youth Weekend Day Pass / Navigo Jeunes Week-end is an unlimited-ride, ONE-DAY pass usable ONLY on a Saturday, a Sunday or a French national holiday, costing 4.70€ for 1-3 zones or 10.35€ for 1-5 zones PER DAY, put onto a Navigo Easy card (2€) or Navigo Découverte card (5€) or Paris Transport mobile phone app (free). There is no paper ticket version of Jeunes Week-end pass any longer.
Let me emphasize that this is not a “full weekend pass” usable as a single fare for both weekend days of Saturday and Sunday: IT IS NOT. This is a single-day pass for either a Saturday OR a Sunday (or a national holiday such as July 14). You can buy & load (up to) two (2) Navigo Jeunes Week-end passes onto a single Navigo card to cover both Saturday and Sunday though.
Where Can I buy a Navigo Youth Weekend Day Pass?
Any Paris Metro, RER, Transilien station ticket window can sell you a physical Navigo Easy card (or Navigo Découverte card) with up to two youth weekend passes loaded with your desired zone coverage.
A Paris Metro RER Ticket Window at Marne la Vallée Disneyland train station
Some (few?) newer automated ticket machines can also sell physical Navigo Easy cards, pre-loaded with fares, possibly including a Navigo Youth Weekend Day Pass. (See the Navigo Easy page for a photo of the new automated ticket machine dispensing physical Navigo Easy cards.) I say “possibly” as there are anecdotes that some automated ticket machines that dispense Navigo Easy cards, sell the card preloaded with only three options: Ticket t+ full fare, Ticket t+ reduced fare, “regular” Navigo Day Passes; the Navigo Jeunes Week-end is apparently missing as an option to load on a newly dispensed Navigo Easy card. (Or perhaps this option isn’t shown in non-French languages of the ticket machine? I’m not sure.) I have not confirmed this myself. Just beware that you may be forced to buy a new Navigo Easy card loaded with a single Ticket t+, then make a second transaction, loading your Navigo Easy with the Jeunes Week-end / Youth Weekend Day Pass.
Finally, you can buy/use your Navigo Weekend Day pass directly from your Android phone / Apple iPhone using either of the Paris Transport mobile phone apps. This fare is not yet available in Google Wallet nor Apple Wallet as of July 2024.
How much does a Navigo Youth Weekend Day Pass Cost?
The Navigo Jeunes Week-end / Day Pass comes in 2* different zone coverages (see Paris transport zone map), each at a different price.
| Zones | Coverage | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 – 3 | Central Paris, La Défense, Stade de France, Roland Garros (see zones) | 4.70€ |
| 1 – 5 | Paris + Versailles + ORY + Disney + CDG | 10.35€ |
When Can I Buy a Navigo Jeunes Week-end pass?
You can buy a Navigo Youth Weekend Day Pass/Jeunes Week-end up to 6 days in advance of its active day. You must choose the day when the pass is active. You can choose only a weekend day or a holiday. For example, to use a Navigo Weekend Day Pass on a Saturday, you can buy it as early as Monday but no earlier, and as late as 23:59 Saturday evening (and use it for a total of one minute on Metro, RER, Bus, Tram before it expires, although night buses are different, see below). So you can buy a Youth Weekend Day pass on a Friday evening at 23:30 (11:30pm), select Saturday as its day of validity and begin using the pass in 30 minutes at midnight 00:00 / wee-hours of Saturday morning up until midnight, 24 hours later.
How Long is a Navigo Youth Weekend Day Pass valid?
The Youth Weekend Day Pass is valid from 00:00:01 the day of its chosen validity, up to 23:59:59 (i.e. midnight) for Paris Metro, RER, Buses, Trams, Funiculaire de Montmartre. For Paris Night buses, the youth weekend pass is valid until 05:59 the next morning. So if your validity day is Saturday, you can ride night buses using the weekend day pass up until 6am Sunday morning.
Do I need photo ID to use Navigo Youth Weekend Day Pass?
You need some form of identification to prove you are under 26 years of age in order to rightfully use a Navigo Weekend Day Pass if you are stopped by a controllor and asked to present ID. Normally this would be a passport.
Can I put Ticket t+ / Paris Metro tickets onto Navigo Easy card with a Navigo Youth Weekend Pass?
Yes, you can load both regular Paris Metro tickets (Ticket t+) onto a Navigo Easy card while also having a Navigo Youth Weekend Pass / Jeunes Week-end loaded onto the Navigo card. On the active day of the Navigo Jeunes Week-end on a Saturday / Sunday / holiday, the pass will be used first before individual Paris Metro / Ticket t+ tickets are used. On other days, the single-use tickets will be used instead.
See the Navigo Easy page for more details on which fares (and which quantities) can be loaded onto a Navigo Easy card at the same time.
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