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The uniform travel card "Plantain" in St. Petersburg: reviews

For several years now, since 2011, the convenient convenient contactless smart card (PSK) "Podorozhnik" has operated in the Northern capital - a single ticket, designed to pay for travel in all known types of city transport in the city of St. Petersburg. How and for what use this high-tech "analogue" of banknotes and coins, and most importantly, what is the feature and advantages of this means of payment?

Universal and convenient ticket in St. Petersburg

To have BSK "Podorozhnik" is advantageous and convenient. You can use this payment method as an electronic wallet, paying for a trip in a city transport within a certain fixed amount. Also on the traveler's "Plantain" you can write down any ticket without benefits, acting for a fixed period.

The only requirement for the smart card holder is to regularly replenish the balance with cash. BSC is valid for three years from the last refill of the smart card account. The use of a uniform travel card "Podorozhnik" allows, by means of a savings system of discounts, to save on the payment of travel the amount of 1 to 7 rubles at a time.

Externally, the map "Plantain" is a plastic of standard size with a picture of green leaves of plantain and ladybug. Since recently, the travel card is also issued in the form of an electronic carrier - a key fob. The cost of a smart card is currently 60 rubles, excluding money for travel. The keyring will cost 100 rubles.

Where can I buy a smart card? In St. Petersburg there is the main office of the GKU "Organizer of transportation", where you can buy, restore in case of damage or loss and activate the traveler "Podorozhnik": St. Petersburg, st. Rubinstein, 32. In addition, the BSC can be purchased at the metro ticket offices.

Kinds of public transport in which it is possible to pay travel by a card "Podorozhnik"

The universal travel card "Podorozhnik" is intended for payment in St. Petersburg not only underground and land, but even water transport - the individual peculiarity of passenger transportation, without which it is difficult to imagine the Northern capital. Using this contactless means of payment, you can pay for travel in the aqua bus, the St. Petersburg subway, buses, trams and trolley buses of the city.

Quite often, tourists who plan to use a single pass when visiting the city on the Neva ask the following question: "Does the bus take a" bus "(travel card) for the fare?" It can be said that the private "minibuses" did take this technical innovation somewhat later . But at the moment for the convenience of passengers terminals-validators are already equipped with many fixed-route taxis of St. Petersburg. In the near future it is planned to provide passengers with the opportunity to pay for travel in suburban trains - trains.

Where to attach the "Plantain": pay for a smart card

To debit money for travel from a card-pass, a ground or in-ground vehicle must be equipped with a special terminal - an electronic device called a "validator". This is either a stationary device, that is installed directly on the handrail in the passenger compartment, or portable - in this case it is located at the conductor. In the metro, the fare is charged using a special zone built into the turnstile.

To pay for travel in any of the types of urban transport in St. Petersburg, you only need to effortlessly attach the "Podorozhnik" travel card to the validator (or the terminal, if payment is made in the "subway") at any end of the card.

At the same time, the "green arrow" should light up on the scoreboard of the validator, which means that payment has been accepted. In the event that the payment operation has not occurred, a red cross appears on the scoreboard.

How to fund your account on a smart card

You can replenish the balance of a smart card in the following ways:

  • A special terminal for the travel tickets of the JSPPB, that is, automatic replenishment of travel tickets. The device is located in the sales offices of the GKU "Organizer of transportation".
  • In the terminal or in the ticket office at the metro station Spb.

  • By sending SMS from your personal mobile phone with the number of the smart card and the amount of money being paid. A short number for SMS can be specified from the operator of the mobile network used by the passenger. Important! With this method of replenishment, a commission is always charged.
  • With the help of electronic wallets ("Yandex.Money" or WebMoney).
  • Transfer from a bank card via the Internet.

Activation of funds on the map "Plantain"

The next step after the replenishment of the BCS account is the activation of funds on the travel card. This is necessary because the money remotely transferred to a smart card will be available for use only after the activation.

You can activate the money resource of the card in any of two ways:

  1. APPB. To activate the device, the section "replenishment of the electronic wallet" is selected in the device menu, after which the BSK is inserted (applied) in the reader of the APPB. After the appearance on the screen of the inscription: "Card is written", the activation process is completely completed, the smart card can be extracted.
  2. "Plantain" can be activated in the lobby of the city metro, attaching a map to the visualizer. The process is completed after the information on the current balance of the smart card appears on the device screen.

Overview of passengers who use the map "Podorozhnik"

In addition to official information, objectively assess the usefulness and necessity of a single ticket help the opinions of passengers who have spent a number of years using a uniform travel card "Podorozhnik" for payment of travel. In using a smart card, you can note both visible pluses and existing shortcomings, as, indeed, in any consumer service. A careful review of the reviews left on the website of the transport company and in the city forums, makes it possible to highlight the following features of this ticket:

  • One of the significant inconveniences in using a single travel-pass "Podorozhnik" requires the most careful use. There are complaints that the card can be damaged or demagnetized. This leads to another problem: the remaining money on the damaged travel card can be returned only in one case - with the purchase of a new card "Plantain" the remaining money is transferred within a month. Just return the money, without restoring the travel card, it is impossible.
  • Another inconvenience of this smart card is the inability to control the balance of the amount on a single pass "Podorozhnik". Travel can be checked only when paying for the trip.
  • The next negative point in using a smart card is the remote activation of the card, as already mentioned above. This shortage is often noted by people who for some reason do not regularly use the services of the St. Petersburg "subway".
  • It is impossible not to mention the lack of "protection against theft." A stolen or lost smart card is easy to take advantage of an outsider.

But passengers who regularly use the traveler's "Plantain", note and many advantages of this method of payment.

  • Possibility to pay for travel on all types of public transport.
  • Convenience. This is the main plus - paying with one touch is very convenient. No ringing trifles in the pockets, queue for the counter at the ticket office of the underground, there is no danger during the "influenza" season of contact with paper tickets and money surrender,
  • The system of cumulative discounts. Passengers who are forced to travel daily to work and back, at the end of the month receive a small, but tangibly pleasant savings in money for travel.
  • The account can be replenished through the Internet - through an electronic wallet or site.
  • Unlike similar "monthly" travel, money not used for a month is automatically transferred to the next period.

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