# Multivía

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**Multivía** was a contactless card designed for paying the travel fares in the mass transport system [Transantiago](/source/Transantiago), in [Santiago](/source/Santiago,_Chile), the capital of [Chile](/source/Chile). It was replaced by [Tarjeta bip!](/source/Tarjeta_bip!) since 2007 and was completely phased-out in 2011. It was a [plastic card](/source/Plastic_card) equipped with a chip that automatically discounts the cost of a travel when passing the card near a contactless card reader.

## History

Initial testing began in December 2002, with definitive implementation on the Santiago Metro network beginning on 24 February 2003.[1] By December 2004, there were 1.3 million cards in circulation, and by the end of 2005, the number had reached 1.6 million. The card was also implemented on Metrobús routes.[2]

Its branding and usufruct rights were transferred to the Transantiago Financial Administrator for use in conjunction with the [Transantiago](/source/Transantiago) plan.[3]

In June 2011, the imminent phasing-out of the card, which could be exchanged free of charge for a [Tarjeta bip!](/source/Tarjeta_bip!), was announced. This was part of a plan that involved replacing cards at authorized locations (mostly Bip! Centers), maintaining the balance of the Multivía card. On 1 August 2011, this card was permanently disabled.[4][5]

## Features

This system used a contactless [smart card](/source/Smart_card), made of laser-printed polymer plastic, with a chip and a copper filament. The chip communicated with a card reader, located at each payment station, through induction, transferring information at a transfer rate ranging from 106 to 848 kb/s. The contact distance between the reader and the card is 10 cm according to the ISO/IEC 14443 standard of 2001.[6]

The card was rechargeable, meaning it could be recharged with a specified amount multiple times at authorized charging stations, always in increments of [CLP](/source/Chilean_peso) 500 with a maximum of CLP 20,000. This was intended to eliminate the use of cash as a payment method and to integrate fare across the Metro and Transantiago.[2]

## References

1. ["Exitoso Primer Paso Hacia La Modernizacion Del Transporte Público"](http://www.periodismo.uchile.cl/themoroso/2003/1/consumidores/onell.htm) (in es-CL). 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

1. ["Multivía: La tarjeta superpoderosa"](http://www.edicionesespeciales.elmercurio.com/destacadas/detalle/index.asp?idnoticia=0123122004021X0050012) (in es-CL). *[El Mercurio](/source/El_Mercurio)*. 23 December 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2020.[dead link]

1. ["Bases de Licitación para el "Administrador Financiero Transantiago (AFT)""](http://www.transantiago.cl/web2005/lici3.htm) (in es-CL). *Transantiago*. 2005. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070210125923/http://www.transantiago.cl/web2005/lici3.htm) 10 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 April 2025.

1. nic.pal (3 June 2011). ["Comunicado sobre recambio de Tarjetas Multivía"](http://www.transantiagoinforma.cl/showNovedadesByIdAction.do?ID=1708) (in es-CL). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120325113316/http://www.transantiagoinforma.cl/showNovedadesByIdAction.do?ID=1708) 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Cambiarán gratuitamente tarjetas Multivía por bip!"](https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/2011/05/02/cambiaran-gratuitamente-tarjetas-multivia-por-bip.shtml) (in es-CL). *Biobiochile.cl*. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

1. Rojas, Manuel (21 July 2003). ["Reloj inteligente podría mover a Santiago"](http://www.ceo.cl/609/article-34201.html). *El Mercurio*. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

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