Waltti travel card
You can order a new Waltti travel card from Waltti webshop (delivered by mail in 7-14 days) or from Porin Leijona.
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- You can get a personal travel card either from Waltti webshop (delivered by mail in 7-14 days) or from Porin Leijona. In Porin Leijona, you have to have a police admitted identification with your picture, so that you can prove your identity.
- From Waltti webshop you can either order a travel card for yourself or your under 17 year old child.
- Personal travel card can only be used by the owner of the card. If travel card is used by a child or young, they must be able to prove their age to the driver if asked.
- Kela school transport subsidy tickets and tickets in accordance with the Basic Education Act can only be loaded on to a personal travel card.
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- Can be bought only from Porin Leijona
- Holder specific card can be bought by a private customer, company or an organization
- With holder specific card there will be no personal information added to the travel card (name, age, etc), only the customer group is specified.
- To the holder specific card you can buy either season ticket or value
- The customer group can’t be changed and the holder specific card can’t be changed to personal travel card
Loading a travel card
You can load your travel card in Waltti webshop (free) or in ticket sale points listed here. Loading a travel card in ticket sale points there’s a service fee of 3€.
Tickets loaded to the travel card are valid from the moment the travel card is used in the bus for the first time.
Ticket products with travel card
A travel card can be loaded with either a season ticket product, a value product or both.
Season ticket
A season ticket is valid for 30 or 90 days. A travel card can have one season ticket in use and one season ticket waiting to be used. If a season ticket on the travel card has not been activated (the card has not been used on the bus after the season ticket has been loaded), a new season ticket cannot be loaded on the travel card.
The same ticket can have a value in addition to the season ticket. On the bus, the reader will read the season ticket first, so if you want to pay with value or pay for the ticket of a passenger travelling with you, ask the driver to charge “Poikkeusmatka.”
A Kela school transport subsidy ticket is also a season ticket.
Value
The travel card can be loaded with money, i.e. value. The value remains on the travel card for 2 years. The value can also be used to pay for the journey of an accompanying passenger. To find out more about paying with value, see the FAQ section on Ticket products and travel cards: “Should I buy a season ticket or value?“
Other cities Waltti travel cards
Waltti is a nationwide ticketing and payment system, so you can also travel on Pori’s public transport with a other cities Waltti travel card.
To travel with a travel card from another Waltti city, you must have value on your travel card. You cannot travel with a season ticket from another city. When you get on the bus, tell the driver that you want to pay for your journey with a travel card from another city and use the value for this. The price of the value ticket is city specific.
Lost travel card
Closing travel card in Waltti webshop
If a personal travel card is lost, the customer can choose to close the card in the Waltti webshop. If the card is later found, a travel card that was closed in the Waltti webshop can be reactivated for use.
If a card that was closed in the Waltti webshop is not found, it must be replaced at a customer service point.
Holder specific cards and personal travel cards belonging to another person cannot be closed or reactivated in the Waltti webshop. For example, a parent cannot close their child’s travel card in the webshop.
A travel card that has been closed in the webshop cannot be used, and no value or season tickets can be purchased for it.
How to close travel card in webshop
1. Log in to the Waltti webshop and find the correct card under the Travel cards tab.
- If necessary, a personal travel card can be manually added to the user account by selecting Add a new travel card, or the list of travel cards can be updated by selecting Update travel card list.
2. Select Edit in the card details.
3. Open the Close or remove travel card menu.
4. Select Close card.
- Closing the card prevents the use of the travel card and the products loaded onto it.
5. Confirm the closure by selecting Close card.
6. Travel card is now closed
Reactivating a Waltti travel card (after closing)
1. Log in to the Waltti webshop and find the correct card under the Travel cards tab.
2. Select Edit in the card details.
3. Open the Activate or remove travel card menu.
4. Select Activate card.
- Reactivating the card restores the card and its products for use.
5. Confirm the reactivation by selecting Activate card.
6. The travel card is now activated
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At the Porin public transport customer service point, Porin Leijona, customers can close not only their own personal travel card but also, for example, their child’s personal travel card. The customer’s identity will be verified when the card is closed. If a parent wants to close their child’s travel card, both the child and the child’s identity document must be present at the customer service point.
When closing a travel card, the customer can purchase a new travel card, and the ticket products on the card being closed can be transferred to the new card. The new travel card costs 7€, and a service fee in accordance with the current price list is charged for replacing the travel card and transferring the ticket products.