With tap & go ® your ticket is already in your pocket!

To use the tap & go ® service you just need a contactless credit, debit or prepaid card, or that shows the symbol  icon contactlessand is enabled for offline payments (OTA).  Access to buses, trams, trolleybuses and metro lines is possible also with digital cards on NFC-enabled devices (smartphones, smartwatches, wearables).

To avoid potential penalty fares, remember to "tap" your card each time you change means of transport. "Taps" made within the validity period of the ticket do not correspond to a new payment. On surface vehicles, always remember to "tap" before the 100 minutes run out.

To use the tap & go ® service you just need a contactless credit, debit or prepaid card, or that has the symbol icon contactless.   Access to buses, trams, trolleybuses and metro lines is possible also with digital cards on NFC-enabled devices (smartphones, smartwatches, wearables).

ATAC has installed contactless readers identifiable by the symbol icon contactless on on all Atac surface lines including Roma Tpl buses, on the turnstiles of all stations of metro lines A, B/B1, C and of the Roma-Lido, Roma-Viterbo and Termini-Centocelle railways, as well as on board of all vehicles of the Termini-Centocelle line.

To activate the Tap & Go ® service you just have to place your contactless payment card or your payment-enabled device near the reader. On buses, trams and trolleybuses wait for the green light on the screen, in metro stations wait for the green light and the consequent unlocking of the turnstile. If the reader detects more than one payment card or contactless device, the validation fails, the screen does not turn green and the metro turnstile will not open. To avoid this inconvenience, place near the reader only the device or card you want to use, removing it from your wallet.

Taps made to change between different means of transport (bus-metro/railway, metro/railway-bus and bus-bus), if made within the validity period of the ticket, are considered as one single tap and there will be no further charge.
To avoid potential penalty fares, remember to "tap" your card each time you change means of transport. Taps made within the validity period of the ticket do not count as a new payment. Therefore, always remember to "tap" on surface vehicles, before the 100 minutes run out.

On metro line B1 there are also exit turnstiles and you will have to tap again to exit the station. The exit "tap" does not involve further charges.

Bear in mind that you cannot pay someone else's ticket with your contactless card or device if they're travelling with you. Tap & Go ® is an individual service that you can use only with your personal credit, debit or prepaid card.

  • all contactless cards of the networks: Mastercard - Visa - American Express
  • all contactless debit cards of the networks: Mastercard - Maestro - Vpay
  • all rechargeable prepaid contactless cards of the networks: Mastercard - Visa

The service is active on all Atac surface lines including Roma Tpl buses, on the entire metro network of Rome (metro lines A, B/B1 and C) and on the railway lines managed by the operator Cotral (Roma-Lido, and Roma- Viterbo - urban section) in all stations equipped with entrance turnstiles, as well as on board of all vehicles of the Termini-Centocelle line.

You can start your journey on any Atac or Roma Tpl surface vehicle or in any of the above mentioned stations and continue on any vehicle. The purchased ticket will be valid for 100 minutes from the first tap, with the exception of metro lines where it is valid only for a single journey.  This means that your journey on the metro can include different lines, but without passing through the turnstiles if you  change between lines A-B-B1; passing the turnstiles is permitted only to change between line A and C. If you want to carry on your journey on Cotral surface vehicles (urban route) or urban railways (Roma-Lido and Roma-Viterbo - urban section)  remember to download the Atac Tap & Go ® application (only on Android devices with NFC technology), necessary in case of on-board controls. If you want to carry on your journey on Trenitalia regional trains (second class urban route), in case of on-board controls, you will have to display the credit card used for the payment or communicate part of its PAN (first six or last four digits of the card number). If you use your card as a monthly subscription (whitelist) you will be able to travel on the entire Roman network during the charged month.

In case of ticket inspections by ATAC personnel, you´ll just have to show them your card or the device used for validation. If you travel on a Cotral surface or railway line (bus - urban route, Roma-Lido or Roma-Viterbo railway) you must necessarily have downloaded the Atac Tap & Go ® application (only on Andorid devices equipped with NFC technology) and show it to the inspectors. If you travel on board of Trenitalia regional trains (second class urban route), in case of controls you will have to display the credit card used for the payment or communicate part of its PAN (first six or last four digits of the card number). To avoid potential penalty fares, remember to "tap" your card each time you change means of transport. Taps made within the validity period of the ticket do not count as a new payment. Therefore, always remember to "tap" on surface vehicles, before the 100 minutes run out.

You will be able to check all charges by registering with Tap & Go - MyAtac or by checking your home banking balance, as for any other transaction you usually make with your card.

No registration is needed to use this service. Registration of the card in the reserved Tap & Go area of MyAtac is required only if you wish to check your charges, check the price of the journeys or to purchase a monthly pass. To access the Tap & Go ®  reserved area, registration with MyAtac is necessary.

To use your credit/debit card as a monthly pass, buy your pass online via MyAtac - tap&go with your contactless payment card enabled for online payments. You will join the "whitelist" that allows you to travel with your card on the entire Roman network during the charged month.

Remember, in this case you cannot use smartphones or smartwatches on which you have digitalised your card, you have to use the same physical card with which you purchased the subscription on the portal.

Important: please verify the correct functioning of your contactless card before purchasing a monthly pass from the portal, by making at least one "tap" at the turnstile with a positive result.