İzmirim Kart

The İzmirim Kart is a proximity type smart card used for payment in public transport of İzmir, Turkey. It gradually replaced İzmir Kentkart after Kentkart could not get the tender. Disposable variant is called bilet 35 and it is possible to buy 3, 5, 10 credit forms.

İzmirim Kart
Locationİzmir Province
LaunchedJune 1, 2015[1]
Technology
  • MiFare Plus with proprietary error correction scheme (pay-as-you-go and free passes)
  • NXP MyD (disposable variant)
OperatorPayCore[2]
Managerİzmir Municipality[2]
CurrencyTL (pay-as-you-go), credit units (disposable) (300 TL maximum load)
Stored-valueDisposable variant only
Credit expiry35 days for disposable variant only [3]
Auto rechargeOptional for pay-as-you-go variant
Unlimited useDepends on the variant
Validity
Retailed
Variants
  • Pay as you go
  • Disposable e-ticket (bilet 35) [3]
  • Electronic senior pass for access-control of nationally-mandated free transport of seniors [4]
Websitewww.izmirimkart.com.tr

Refills

The pay-as-you-go variant of the card operates as if it were stored-value, though it is technically a deposit card. Refills are done by electronic funds transfer via VakıfBank using deposit accounts associated to supported POS terminals.

Security

The card stores data about last few transactions to prevent fraud. Transactions otherwise commence online. If data on the card about a particular transaction mismatches data on the central database, the card may be blocked.

References
  1. "'İzmirim Kart' geliyor" (in Turkish). İzmir Metropolitan Municipality. May 23, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  2. As advertised in card readers.
  3. "Bilet35" (in Turkish). ESHOT General Directorate.
  4. "Ücretsiz Ulaşım Hakkı" (in Turkish). ESHOT General Directorate.


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