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Técély card

Contactless smart card for public transport in Lyon

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ18355585 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Técély card (TCL card) is the smartcard of TCL, the public transport network in Lyon, France, launched on 1 July 2002. Unlike other smartcards, where a topup amount is required at the start and is deducted each time a passenger makes a trip, the TCL card has a €5 fee, and the option to put on either a weekly or monthly pass on top of this. This must be renewed every week or month keep the card usable. The card expires five years after its purchase date.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Técély card” as contactless smart card for public transport in Lyon. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Técély, card and Contactless.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002-07-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Técély, card and Contactless providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18355585. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2002.

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This entry incorporates text from “Técély card” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.