You can now top up your OPUS card via mobile in Montreal

A feature that many public transport users in Greater Montreal have been eagerly waiting for was launched on Wednesday: you can now fill up your OPUS card using an app on your mobile phone.

Using the Chrono app, which can be installed for free on Apple and Android devices, public transport users can now purchase public transport fares by tapping the OPUS card on the back of their mobile phone.

According to the Concert team, made up of the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) and its various partner transit companies, this new feature offers OPUS cardholders greater flexibility by “avoiding queues at points of sale and allowing them to purchase more fares. by itself, in motion.”

The Chrono app shows the number of tickets remaining on the OPUS card, but the ticket purchase function was launched on Wednesday.

This release comes at the end of the trial period, during which 15,000 residents of the capital were able to test the new function.

In the next few years, the goal of the Concert team is to upgrade the ticketing system and offer payment by bank card directly at the validation terminal.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on April 10, 2024.