Navigo Easy (price 2€) is a prepaid Paris public transport travel card. The Navigo Easy can hold up to twenty Paris Metro-Train-RER tickets, or twenty Paris Airport Train Tickets, but not both of these two tickets at the same time, either only Paris MTR tickets or only Paris Airport tickets. The Easy pass card can also hold two Navigo Day Passes for up to six days in the future and up to twenty of each: Paris Bus-Tram tickets, Roissybus (CDG Airport Bus) and a few other less common tickets. See Fare restrictions further below.
Navigo Easy is not sold online (except in rare circumstances, see “Can I Buy Navigo Easy Online” below) and can only be purchased in-person in Paris at any Paris Metro/RER/Transilien ticket window or RATP partner (such as newspaper stands, tobacconists, corner stores) and since 2023 at a limited, but growing number of automated ticket vending machines at train & Metro stations around Paris. Please see below re: ticket vending machine Navigo Easy.
The Navigo Easy ticket card will exist alongside weekly Navigo Decouverte. Navigo Easy will not replace Navigo Découverte (which holds the Paris region unlimited ride week Navigo pass). Continue below to learn more about this preloaded Paris Metro/transport ticket card.
Who Can Buy Navigo Easy?
Anyone can buy the Navigo Easy card; Tourists and residents of Paris & Ile-de-France.
The Easy card doesn’t require a photo (unlike Navigo Decouverte) and is an anonymous card.
Each person must have their own Easy card when travelling together. We can’t share one Easy card among several people traveling at the same time. i.e. pass-back of card or tapping repeatedly at the same turnstile/fare gate is not possible / not allowed. We can share the Navigo Easy card amongst several people when not traveling at the same time (i.e. Billy uses the card one day and Jane uses the card another day).
Where Can I Buy Navigo Easy?
You can buy Navigo Easy cards at:
- Any Paris Metro, RER, Transilien ticket window in Paris metropolitan area (Ile-de-France)
- Some automated ticket vending machines (see photo below). Note: machine distributed Navigy Easy is slightly different. See rigid vs flexible Navigo Easy below.
- Train station ticket offices at CDG Airport
- RATP partnered retail stores such as tobacco stores, book stores, newspaper outlets displaying an RATP sign or sticker
- Online from ParisJeTaime.com only for collection in person, inside central Paris.
- iPhone and Android phones can now buy and use Paris transport tickets & passes directly from official mobile phone apps (since 2022 for Android and May 21, 2024 for iPhone). Please see the Navigo phone app article for information on installing/using the app(s).
Paris Transport Ticket Vending Machine selling Navigo Easy cards (“vente de Passe Navigo Easy”) – photo: Dominik Peters
Can I Buy Navigo Easy Online?
No, the Navigo Easy physical card with Paris Metro tickets is no longer sold online for pickup in Paris as of January 2025.
Yes. But… it can only be picked up in person in Paris, in the 15th arrondissement, not mailed/couriered/delivered anywhere other than this one location in Paris. It is not sold by the Paris transit authority, rather a 3rd party seller.
Alternatively, Android and iPhone mobile devices can now purchase & use Paris Metro-Train-RER tickets, passes & fares directly on their phone with official Paris transportation apps. See the Navigo Pass on phone article for more information.
To buy Navigo Easy online for in-person pickup in Paris, visit the ParisJeTaime.com website. Navigo Easy purchased through this online retailer will include a book of 10 Paris Metro-Train-RER tickets pre-loaded.
The price/cost of the online Navigo Easy from this online retailer is currently 23.40€ (includes card fee of 2€ and the 10 tickets). As a reference, the Navigo Easy card loaded with 10 tickets, purchaseable at any Paris Metro, RER station from ticket windows and many automated ticket machines, at Paris airports or anywhere in Paris, is 17.35€ + 2€ (for the card itself).
How Much is Navigo Easy?
Navigo Easy costs 2€ for the card fee, plus however many tickets you buy and add onto the card. Note that as of as of Jan. 1, 2026 booklets of ten Metro-Train-RER tickets no longer have a quantity discount from the full price even if put on a Navigo Easy card.
What fares can you put on an Easy card?
Here are fares you can load onto the Paris Navigo Easy transit ticket card:
- Single Paris Metro-Train-RER tickets (2.55€ each full-fare only, 1.30€ for kids ages 4-9)
- no quantity discounts as of as of Jan. 1, 2026
- Paris Airport Train Ticket good for CDG or ORY airports. Note: can’t have both Paris Metro-Train-RER tickets (the new Paris Metro fare) & this ticket on Navigo Easy at the same time. See Fare Restrictions below.
- Roissybus ticket for CDG Airport to Paris Opéra station (15€ on Navigo Easy (includes card cost of 2€), or 14€ adult / paper 7€ kids 4-9 on a paper ticket)
- Navigo Day Pass (12.30€ 1-5 zone only + card cost of 2€)
- discontinued
Navigo Youth Weekend Day Pass (“Navigo Jeunes Week-end“), age 25 & under, for Sat/Sun/holidays, 4.70€ for 1-3 zone, 10.35€ for 1-5 zone). - Antipollution ticket (5.10€, unlimited rides for all 5 zones on Paris Metro, Bus, Noctilien (night bus), RER, Tram, Transilien trains, but only available during days when air pollution is particularly high. OrlyVal train from Antony-Orly is excluded.)
- Music Festival pass (forfait fête de la musique) – (4.20€ unlimited travel pass for Metro, Bus, RER, Tram, Noctilien (night bus), Transilien trains from 5PM Thursday – 7AM Friday morning, available only during the music festival.)
How many fares can I put on an Easy Card?
The number of tickets & passes you can load onto Navigo Easy at the same time depends on whether you have the rigid plastic smart card Navigo Easy (bought at ticket windows) or the flexible paper card Navigo Easy (from an automated ticket machine).
Rigid Plastic Navigo Easy Card
Rigid plastic Navigo Easy (from a ticket window) can hold up to 4 different types of fares at any one time. Here’s a couple examples:
- 10-pack of Paris Metro-Train-RER tickets (Paris MTR), a Navigo Day Pass for two days from now, a Navigo Day Pass for three days from now
- the 10 pack of Paris MTR tickets counts as a single “type” of fare
- each Navigo Day Pass (active for different days) counts as a single “type” of fare, so it uses up 2 “slots” above
- 20 Paris MTR tickets, Navigo Day Pass active for coming Friday, a Paris Visite Pass for sometime in the future and a Paris Bus-Tram ticket
Flexible Paper Navigo Easy Card
Flexible paper Navigo Easy (from vending machines) can hold only 2 different types of fares at any one time. Here’s a couple examples:
- 20 Paris Metro-Train-RER tickets (note: Paris Airport Train Ticket cannot be on Navigo Easy with Paris Metro-Train-RER tickets.
- Navigo Day Pass for tomorrow and 10 Paris MTR tickets
Hopefully the examples above illustrates that you can load up to 20 Paris Metro-Train-RER tickets, in addition to the other fares such as / Roissybus / Navigo Day Pass, at the same time. While a Navigo Day Pass is active, it will be the first to be used prior to any single-use Metro ticket, as long as the appropriate zone coverage is met. (Note that Roissybus is an exception, see Fare Restrictions below.) There are some notable restrictions on which combinations of fares can exist on a Navigo Easy card at the same time. See Fare Restrictions below.
Check Ticket Balance
You have several ways to check Easy card balance to see how many Metro tickets are on the card:
- automated ticket vending machine
- at a turnstile / fare gate
- Navigo card validation machines on buses & trams
- at any Metro / RER / Transilien station ticket window
- using a Paris transport mobile phone app
To check ticket balance on an automated Metro ticket vending machine‘s Navigo reader, place the Easy card on the purple Navigo card reader or inserted into the Navigo slot (depending on the machine). This will prompt the ticket vending machine to show the current ticket balance on an Easy card.
Photo by Pline
Photo by Transilien
When you validate an Easy card by holding it on the purple Navigo reader on newer turnstiles & fare gates, the number of unused Metro tickets on Navigo Easy is shown on a screen. Same with Navigo validation machines on Paris buses & trams: when you hold the card to the reader, the remaining ticket balance will show on the display.
Photo by Greenski
And finally you can ask any ticket window staff at Paris Metro / RER stations to check the balance on the Easy card. In French this would be: “Combien des tickets T reste sur cette carte?”
Fare Restrictions
Certain fare combinations cannot (or should not) be loaded at the same time:
- adult fare AND child fares of any Paris transport fares / tickets cannot both be loaded onto a single Navigo Easy. Only one or the other. So parents and children can never swap / share Navigo Easy cards
- two Navigo Day passes (for different days) is the maximum that either rigid or flexible Navigo Easy can hold, not more
- Metro-Train-RER Ticket cannot be loaded onto a Navigo Easy pass that has a Paris Airport Train Ticket loaded, and vice-versa (as of January 2025, hopefully this is changed/fixed in the future?). The Orly Airport station extension on Metro 14 was opened on June 27, 2024, and apparently there is some incompatibility of having both tickets on a Navigo Easy at the same time. A regular Paris Metro-Train-RER Ticket for 2.55€ is valid for the entire Metro 14 line EXCEPT Orly Airport station and a Paris Airport Train Ticket that includes Orly Airport station is 14€. See a Metro 14 line map on the Orly Airport Metro 14 article.
Day Pass / Navigo Jour
Navigo Easy can hold up to two Navigo Jour / Day Pass at any one time as long as the validity dates are different. Navigo Day Pass allows you to specify up to six days in advance when you would like your day pass active. So as long as the day pass active dates are different, you can load up to two day passes on a single Navigo Easy card.
Roissybus
You can hold more than one CDG Airport Bus “Roissybus” tickets on Navigo Easy at the same time (up to 20 each). This allows you to have Roissybus return tickets on the Easy card, to save you from having to return to a ticket vending machine to buy a ticket for the return portion of your trip.
Sharing Navigo Easy
Navigo Easy can be shared between travelers, but not for the same trip at the same time. (You can’t do a pass-back of the card through a turnstile for another person to use.) Paris Metro-Train-RER tickets are good for 120 minutes of travel & transfers between lines from the time of validation at a turnstile/gate. While the card has a validated ticket it essentially cannot be shared; using it at another turnstile that is not part of a transfer (i.e. exiting a station and entering again at another) will consume another Metro ticket from the tickets stored.
* Paris Metro paper coupon tickets are still available and usable after January 1, 2025. The paper based single-use Paris Metro coupon-style tickets are being phased out eventually, perhaps by end of 2025.
References
General Conditions of Sale & Use of Navigo Easy Pass (in French)
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