High school student transport passes

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Secondary school students and vocational training centres (and other school courses attended to obtain a high school diploma) can use the local transport network in the province of Trento at a subsidised rate, through the purchase of season tickets.

Description

The free circulation season ticket for high school students costs 20 euro and allows students to travel on all public transport in Trentino from 1 September to 31 August.

With this season ticket, students can travel in the period 1 September - 31 August of the following year on all public transport in Trentino.

To obtain the free circulation season ticket, it is necessary to have a smart card.

With the free circulation season ticket, you can use the following transport services

- the urban and suburban services of Trentino Trasporti SpA;

- the Trento-Malè-Marilleva railway;

- the Valsugana Railway between Trento and Primolano;

- the Brenner Railway (*) between Borghetto and Mezzocorona/Ora. The Ora station can only be used for journeys to or from Val di Fiemme and Val di Fassa. The ascent/descent stops of Salorno, Magrè/Cortaccia and Egna are excluded (the Ora station only functions as an interchange station to reach Val di Fiemme and Val di Fassa);

- the Trento-Sardagna cable car.

*except for long-distance trains (Intercity, Eurocity, Euronight, Frecce di Trenitalia)

Public transport timetables in Trentino ->

Restrictions

The card is issued to students aged 30 and under.

Who it's for

Students attending high schools in the province of Trento can purchase a free circulation season ticket:

The season ticket is also issued to students resident in the province who attend high schools outside the province.

For families with more than 4 children attending schools from pre-school to high school, the season ticket is free of charge from the 4th child onwards, upon presentation of the appropriate self-certification form.

It is possible to request a refund of the season ticket in certain cases: all information is published on the Season Ticket Refund page.

The application may be submitted by:

  • Adult student
  • Parent or guardian of a minor student

What to do

A smart card must be applied for to obtain the free circulation season ticket.

Applying for a smart card during school enrolment

For students attending the first year of high school, the application is made during school enrolment and the application must be submitted to the secondary school attended (by February)

Application for a smart card during the year

In all other cases the application must be presented at the Trentino Trasporti SpA or Trenitalia SpA ticket offices.

Students over the age of 18 must also enclose with the application a declaration that they are not working: self-declaration of transport of upper secondary school students over the age of 18.

After the smart card has been issued

Once the smart card has been issued, the season ticket is paid for and loaded onto it at the same ticket offices.

It is also possible to pay the season ticket via the Trentino Trasporti pagoPA website.

In this case, after making the payment, it is still necessary to go to the ticket office to have the season ticket loaded onto the smart card by presenting the operator with the receipt of the payment made with PagoPA.

Special cases

Students over 18 years of age must also enclose with their application a declaration that they are not working.

Timeframes and deadlines

30 days

Maximum no. of waiting days

30 days maximum waiting time to obtain the smart card from the time of the request; in general, the card is issued within 7 days.If the request was submitted via the middle school in February, the card will be sent home by July.

Costs

cost of card
4 euro

subscription cost
20 euro

Documents

Reference regulations

Il tariffario del trasporto pubblico in provincia di Trento contiene tutte le informazioni relative alle tariffe per accedere ai servizi di trasporto.

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Additional information

Related services/Other services

Pupil and student transport season ticket reimbursement

An application for reimbursement of the paid school subscription fee can be submitted for kindergarten pupils, primary school pupils and secondary school pupils.

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