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Regional Ticket – flexible and affordable

Unrestricted travel for 30 days

The Regional Ticket is a highly affordable ticket product offered by the local and central government and operators. As long as the ticket is valid, the holder can travel on all the buses operating in the area and make any number of transfers without any restrictions. However, special operator-specific charges may apply, such as express fare or night-rate or an extra charge for pram.

The Regional Ticket is loaded onto the Matkahuolto Travel Card and may be used right away. Travel time is purchased in chunks of 30 days except that the maximum travel time on the card 59 days.

How to get a Regional Ticket

Regional Tickets are available from Matkahuolto and its agents. An official ID card is required for the purchase of the ticket. After the first purchase, the ticket can be reloaded at Matkahuolto outlets, agent outlets and on busses. If you wish to reload the ticket on a bus, it is advisable to do so outside rush hours.

A price of € 6.50 is charged for the Travel Card when you purchase your first Regional Ticket. The card price will not be refunded. The Travel Card has a service life of 3 years after which it will have to be replaced by a new card.

Use the outlet search to find the contact details of Matkahuolto and its agency service outlets.

Real savings

The Regional Ticket is the most inexpensive means of payment if you use local public transport services regularly and the distance travelled is over 6 km. Compared with other ticket options, a regular traveller saves about 20% but in some cases savings of up to 50% are possible. The Regional Ticket is personal and valid for all buses and taxis offering a public transport service. When using the Regional Ticket instead of a car, a frequent traveller may save up to hundreds of euros per month.

Timetables on the web and from the nationwide timetable inquiries service
The timetable for all the express, regular and local bus services are available on Matkahuolto’s web site. The system includes information on 20,000 services that pass more than 14,000 designated bus stops. Increasingly, the timetable service also offers information on local traffic services as new data is being added to the system.

Timetable information on all the 40,000 services is available from the nationwide timetable inquiries service at 0200 4000 (€ 1.70 per minute + local network charge). Advice is available on business days 8-19.

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