Troika card: how to check the balance and bonuses

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

In the article, we will consider how to check the Troika. Every day, hundreds of Muscovites apply it to the terminals. It is the main transport map of Moscow, without which it is inconvenient and not at all profitable to move around the city.

Why do I need a Troika card?

Being an electronic wallet for paying for public transport in Moscow and the Moscow region, the plastic counterpart successfully replaces paper tickets and eliminates standing in lines. The number of advantages of using an electronic card is constantly increasing, which makes such a carrier a popular means of payment.

This card is a universal travel card for public transport in Moscow. You can write down the Wallet ticket or any paper ticket on it. Troika allows you to travel by metro or ground passenger transport, commuter trains, Aeroexpress trains, a cable car located on Vorobyovy Gory, as well as Velobike bicycles.

Besides this, with a cardcan be used when paying for the passage to the zoo, to the skating rink, to the sights.

Structure

The basis of Troika is a 2 x 2 mm Near Field Communication chip, which has a built-in radio module, a flash memory module and a wireless power system. An antenna made of copper wire is attached to such a chip. The chip operates at a frequency of 13.56 MHz. It feeds on radio waves. Its active part, which generates impulses, is located in the recharge validator, turnstile or smartphone with NFC.

For the Troika card, manufacturers have selected NFC chips that are compatible with the Mifare Classic standard and are of low cost. MasterCard PayPass technology is not supported by these chips. Therefore, it is impossible to replenish Troika at the bank terminal. However, there is a nuance. Troika services are built into the social cards of the Bank of Moscow. Such funds can be replenished in terminals with PayPass.

Transportation cards are produced in the form of bracelets, cards, rings and key fobs. How to check Troika, we will tell below.

Working principle

It is very easy to get confused in the tariffs of this card. Tickets of three tariffs are recorded on the Troika card: “90 minutes”, “Single” and “TAT”. In addition, there is a "Wallet". This is a kind of balance from which different amounts are debited, depending on the type of trip.

Wallet tariff

"Wallet" can be replenished, and then spend money on travel. 38 rubles will be debited for a trip by metro, land transport or monorail.

For the 90 minutes ticket (one entrance to the subway plusany number of transfers by tram, trolleybus, bus within 90 minutes) - 58 rubles.

One

There are two options: the number of trips or days. What is the difference? 1, 2 or 60 trips are recorded on the card. After purchasing tickets for 1 and 2 trips, you have 5 days to activate, for 60 trips - 90 days. You can record tickets that are valid for a certain period of time. There are options for a different number of days or for a month.

TAT

If a person rarely uses the monorail or subway, it makes sense to purchase a TAT ticket for a trolleybus, bus and tram. Tickets are on sale for 30 days or 1 trip.

Unlimited ticket for 1 month costs 1194 rubles. If you make trips twice a day, then one trip will cost about 20 rubles, which is very cheap for Moscow.

90 minutes

With this ticket, you can take the metro once, as well as make any number of trips by bus, tram and trolleybus for 90 minutes.

You can get out of the metro, the money will not be debited additionally. One trip has a cost of 59 rubles.

How to book a ticket for Troika

To record travel fares "TAT", "90 minutes" and "Unified" use the cash desks of city vehicles or Eleksnet ATMs. No commission is charged for such an operation. To write down a ticket, apply a plastic carrier to the ATM reader and select the rate of interest.

How to top upcard balance?

You can top up such a card in the amount from 1 to 3000 rubles without commission. Ticket offices and terminals are located in Aeroexpress, at metro stations, ATMs of MKB, EuroPlat, Eleksnet, Megafon.

At the subway ticket offices and terminals, tickets "90 minutes" and "Single" are written on the card, and tickets "TAT" - exclusively at the terminals. Subscriptions for electric trains are recorded at the ticket offices of suburban stations, at railway stations in ticket machines, at the RZD and Elektrichka terminals.

The easiest way to replenish such a card is through banking applications. From a smartphone, this can be done in the Moscow Metro application, on the Troika service website, as well as in the mobile applications of Sberbank, Tinkoff, Alfa-Bank, using Qiwi, Portmone, Yandex. Money.”

When topping up the card balance from the iPhone, you must activate the operation using the yellow validator located in the subway turnstiles. How to check Troika?

Ways to find out the balance of the card, as well as the balance and bonuses

The travel card works on the mechanism of an electronic wallet with an identification number. There are three ways to check the balance of such an account:

• through the internet;
• using smartphone;
• through terminal and validator.

Many people wonder how to check Troika in a special terminal.

Checking in the yellow terminal

Such terminals are available at all metro stations. They are hard to miss. To find out the balance of money oncard, you need to attach it to the terminal scanner and wait for the information to appear on the screen. When a fare is paid on the subway or on any other transport, the validator shows the rest of the trips, money or minutes. You can also check Troika at MegaFon, Eleksnet and Aeroexpress terminals.

How to check Troika by card number?

Only by one card number you can find out the balance by calling the hotline. Recently, however, operators have refused to disclose the amount of money, and are advised to take the subway to the terminal. Now let's find out how to check Troika via the Internet?

Verification via the Internet

Currently, it is impossible to find out about the availability of funds on the card and available bonuses via the Internet. However, active work is underway to create a personal account. You can use the balance check on a smartphone with NFC. If your Android operating system has the NFC function, you can check the amount on your account, as well as the number of unused trips.

Are there other methods to check Troika bonuses?

Verification via My Travel Card app

This mobile application also works via NFC and requires an internet connection. If your smartphone supports the NFC protocol, you can download such an application, install it and hold the card against the back of the phone for a few seconds.

Control from phone

How to check money on Troika, it is important to find out in advance. If the card user activates the “Mobile ticket” service in the mobile communication department, which is installed on a smartphone, then you can find out the balance in the “Balance” tab, which is located in the main menu. However, you should first read the list of smartphones that support this option. We looked at how to check the balance of Troika.