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Santo Domingo Metro Contactless Bank Card Payment Pilot

In February 2026, OPRET (Oficina para el Reordenamiento del Transporte), the state agency that operates the Santo Domingo Metro and cable car (Teleférico), began a Phase 1 pilot letting riders pay their fare by tapping an EMV contactless bank card or a compatible digital wallet at turnstiles, instead of using the rechargeable Metro card. The pilot covers a named subset of stations across Línea 1 and Línea 2 plus the Teleférico's Charles de Gaulle station. Independent press coverage reported that, as deployed, contactless payment only functions as an entry-charge mechanism, with unclear handling at exit and incomplete station signage/staff guidance — a limitation OPRET had not addressed as of the reporting date.

Live 📅 since 2026

🤖 AI-generated summary of the sources below — how this works · 🔎 Last verified

🚲 MobilityPublic transportSmart ticketingConnectivity & 5G
Evidence📰 Media
Scale🧪 Pilot

📖 Terms in this entry: Bus rapid transit (BRT) · E-ticketing · Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS)

Sources

↗ Infobae República Dominicana — OPRET rollout confirmationEstablishes OPRET as operator, EMV/contactless bank card + digital wallet support, and pilot framing
↗ Diario Libre — critical field report on the pilot's rolloutDocuments entry-only limitation, exit-validation gap, poor signage — key honest caveat
↗ El Caribe — announcement coverageIndependent confirmation that bank-card payment went live on the Metro

This overview was generated with AI from the public sources listed above and checked against them before publication. It has not had a complete human fact-check — treat it as a starting point and follow the sources.

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🇮🇹 Rome Tap&Go Contactless Transit Ticketing · Rome Two open-loop bank-card pilots layered onto an existing card — Rome's ATAC runs citywide, Santo Domingo's covers select stations. 🇮🇹 ATM Open-Loop Contactless Ticketing · Milan Same open-loop EMV model as Milan's 2018 rollout — Santo Domingo's Phase 1 pilot still lacks clear signage for handling exits. 🇭🇺 BudapestGO Mobility Platform Integration · Budapest Budapest's Pay&Go scaled EMV taps to millions of riders; Santo Domingo's pilot still leaves exit handling and station signage unresolved.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Santo Domingo Metro Contactless Bank Card Payment Pilot” — Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/santo-domingo-metro-contactless-payment/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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