How to benefit from school public transport?
Verified 18 December 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)
School transport allows your child to travel between home and school. Organization of transport, steps to obtain a map, cost: here is the information to know to benefit from school transport.
General case
School transport allows students to travel from home to school.
They can be transport open to all travelers (metro, bus, tram) or dedicated to the transport of students (school bus).
The regions are responsible for the organization and operation of school transport.
However, if you live in a built-up area or metropolis and you are educating your child in the same metropolis or metropolis, transportation management is different.
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General case
The regions are responsible for the organization and operation of school transport.
You can find out about the various school transport services in your region by visiting its website:
Please note
the region is not responsible for the transport required for a school trip organized by teachers. These transports are put in place by the school, either in primary school, middle school or high school.
Residence and schooling in the same metropolitan area
The transport network of the agglomeration or metropolis is responsible for the organization and operation of school transport.
You can find out about the various school transport services provided by visiting the website of the transport network.
Please note
the transport network is not responsible for the transport required for a school trip organized by teachers. These transports are put in place by the school, either in primary school, middle school or high school.
The steps you need to take to obtain your card vary depending on your situation.
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General case
You can consult the conditions for obtaining transport passes on the website of your region.
It is sometimes possible to make your card request online.
Residence and schooling in the same metropolitan area
You can consult the conditions for obtaining transport passes on the website of the transport network of your agglomeration or metropolis.
It is sometimes possible to make your card request online.
You can also contact your child's school to find out how to obtain the card. You can do it, in general, starting in May for the start of September.
The secretariat can give you a form to fill out.
This form allows you to obtain the subscription card from transport companies (SNCF, bus service...).
The cost of transporting your child is your responsibility.
It varies according to the region, the municipality of residence and the distance between your child's home and school.
Please note
certain departments or municipalities can, under certain conditions, help you finance your child's school transport. If your child is a scholarship holder, you may be affected.
Payment can be made in advance, at the time of the withdrawal of the transport card.
You can also pay in split installments when posting quarterly or half-yearly coupons.
The card is valid for the entire school year.
You must first make a flight declaration at the police station or gendarmerie.
Then contact the transport company, presenting the receipt for loss or theft, to obtain a new card.
In Île-de-France
School transport allows students to travel from home to school.
They can be transport open to all travelers (metro, bus, tram) or dedicated to the transport of students (school bus).
The region is responsible for the organization and operation of school transport.
Please note
the region is not responsible for the transport required for a school trip organized by teachers. These transports are put in place by the school, either in primary school, middle school or high school.
The region is responsible for the organization and operation of school transport.
Please note
the region is not responsible for the transport required for a school trip organized by teachers. These transports are put in place by the school, either in primary school, middle school or high school.
Île-de-France mobilités offers 4 transport tickets annual.
School Imagine R
The menu School Imagine R is addressed to young people who fulfill all of the following conditions:
- Be under 26 years of age (at 1er September of the school year of enrollment)
- Be enrolled in a school, college, high school or work-linked training organization
- Reside in Île-de-France
It allows the use of regular transport lines (accessible to all travelers).
The package is usable unlimited, including weekends and school holidays.
Imagine R junior
The menu Imagine R junior is addressed to young people who fulfill all of the following conditions:
- Be under 11 years of age (as of 31 December of the calendar year of enrollment)
- Reside in Île-de-France
It allows the use of regular transport lines (accessible to all travelers).
The package is usable unlimited, including weekends and school holidays.
Bus school card regular lines
The card is for the young person filling in all of the following conditions :
- Be under 21 years of age (at 1er September of the school year of enrollment)
- Reside in Île-de-France
- Being an outsider or half-boarder
- Be enrolled in a school, college, high school or work-linked training organization
- Be resident within 3 kilometers or more of their school
The card allows you to use regular transport lines (accessible to all travelers) on class days, only for one round trip per day on the journey from home to the establishment.
Scol'R Card
The card is for the young person filling in all of the following conditions :
- Be under 21 years of age (at 1er September of the school year of enrollment)
- Reside in the Grand Crown Île-de-France (departments 77, 78, 91, 95)
- Being an outsider or half-boarder
- Be enrolled in a school, college, high school or work-linked training organization
- Be resident within 3 kilometers or more of their school
The card allows you to use special transport lines for school, school days, only for one round trip per day on the journey from home to the establishment.
If your child has under 11 years or is primary school student, it benefits from the scol'R card junior.
The steps differ according to the transport card you want.
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Imagine R (school or junior)
Online
The request is made directly online by connecting to your personal space. Prepare a photo ID and your credit card or RIB.
To learn more about the Imagine R card application, you can view the following video:
Vidéo - How do I subscribe to an imagine R plan for the first time?
By mail
If you do not have access to the internet, you can make a request by mail.
Ask for a subscription form in a sales agency, at some RATP counters or at Guichet Services Navigo SNCF.
Who shall I contact
Complete the file and return it to the address indicated on the form, accompanied by the required supporting documents.
Bus school card regular lines
Subscription folders are to withdraw OPTILE companies at ticket offices or to be downloaded from the OPTILE website.
Scol'R Card
Contact Île-de-France mobilities:
Who shall I contact
Île-de-France Mobilités sets transport rates and finances part of the cost.
Please note
certain departments or municipalities can, under certain conditions, help you finance your child's school transport. If your child is a scholarship holder, you may be affected.
Report loss or theft
You must file a theft report at the police station or gendarmerie brigade.
Get a new card
To obtain a new card, the steps differ according to your transport card. In any case, you may be asked for a receipt for loss or theft.
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Imagine R (school or junior)
Online
You can apply online by logging into your personal space.
At the counter
You can also make your request in a sales agency, RATP club counter and Guichet Services Navigo SNCF.
By telephone
You can also contact the imagine R Agency on 09 69 39 22 22 from Monday to Friday from 8 am to 8 pm or Saturday from 9 am to 8 pm (call not surcharged).
Other
Contact Île-de-France mobilités directly.
Who shall I contact
Transport: general case
Transport in Ile-de-France
Online service
Service-Public.fr
Île-de-France mobilities