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Renfe puts the renfe Tu contactless card into service on lines C1 C2 and C3 of the Bilbao Cercanas Nucleus starting next Monday September 16. It is a new support for Renfe Cercanas transport titles that allows faster and faster access to the train as there is a greater validation speed to enter or leave the platform. In addition it offers greater reliability and comfort for the traveler since it is a rechargeable card that can be replaced if it is lost. The new contactless card renfe you will progressively replace the current paper carriers of transport certificates magnetic stripe.Two card modesThere are two types of Renfe You the personalized and the non-personalized card both without expiration and with the possibility of recharging at lockers and self-selling machines.The personalized card is made of plastic and nominative with the name and photo of the holder printed as well as the travelers code number. It looks similar to a credit card Instead of magnetic stripe it contains an electronic chip that facilitates the passage through the access controls.This method is suitable for recharging all valid transport tickets in the Bilbao Core Single Ticket Round Trip and unlimited Monthly and Monthly Pass as well as tickets with special discounts such as Large Family and Gold Card among others.Renfe offers a launch promotion to acquire the new renfe you card in its custom mode. Customers with the first purchase of their personalized card which costs 2 euros benefit from 2 free simple trips valid for 30 days.To request it it is necessary to go to the window enabled for this purpose at the Bilbao Abando station next to ticket offices to deliver the documentation that proves that you are a beneficiary of some type of discount Large Family Golden Card etc.. At that time you will receive the card in your name.With this new personalized contactless card users of special discounts will avoid having to resort to assisted sales to obtain the transport certificate. When they need to recharge the card both the ticket offices and the self-selling machines will directly recognize the rights to discounts inserted in it.Among the advantages of this custom modality is also the possibility of replacement in case of theft loss or loss as well as the option of recovering the transport tickets still pending.For its part the non-personalized card is suitable for loading any non-personalized transport ticket Single Ticket or Round Trip. This type of card is rechargeable and reusable and can be purchased both in Commuter stations and in self-selling machines. Its cost is 0.50 euros.Renfes environmental commitmentThis action which responds to Renfes challenge to technologically modernize the architecture of the Cercanas stations will allow on the one hand a better management of the service and on the other the contribution of new advantages to travelers in their transit through stations.In addition it is part of Renfes commitment to environmental protection by eliminating the use of cardboard cards with magnetic stripe. Environmental respect is an essential attribute of Renfe and is a competitive and differentiating element compared to other less sustainable modes of transport.Therefore since its creation the company has placed Sustainability in its Strategic Plans as one of its fundamental objectives.
