Madrid Public Transportation Card and Multi Card

Transportation Card

BU Madrid will take care of the application process for the Transportation Card.

All students will receive their cards upon arrival if they have uploaded on time a copy of the first page of the passport (the one with your name, date of birth and passport number information) on the BU Online Application link and have provided to the Madrid staff, if they have been requested, a passport-style photograph with white background.

Important: If you do not submit your documentation on time, you will have to apply for your card through the Consorcio de transportes Link.

The Transportation Card is a great way to reduce transportation cost while in Madrid!  The PTC permits users to obtain the “30-Day Pass”, which allows unlimited use (for 30 days) of public transportation throughout the Comunidad de Madrid (metro, bus, and the Cercanías train system)  for only 20 euros if you are under 26.

From January 1 to June 30, 2025 the price for the 30-day youth pass will be 8 euros.

This card also grants you free entrance to the Reina Sofia, Prado, and Thyssen museums.

Important: The card is personal and non-transferable. No other person may use it. If you lend it to someone else, authorities will remove your card and fine you.

Did you lose your metro card? No worries! It can easily be replaced. Here’s how:

You can go to any of the metro card offices listed in the picture below and they will replace your card with the money that you had on it. You need to bring your passport and pay 6€ for the new card.

Transportation Multi Card

The Multi Card is a non-personal prepaid contactless public transport card, then multi-person, running for 10 years, containing those non-profile tickets from the fare system service of the Madrid Region.

The cards can be purchased for 3,00€, without loading titles, in:

• Metro and Metro Ligero automatic machines

Information about prices, schedules, etc., can be found on the Metro de Madrid website