History
When the system was introduced in 2001, it was only available to subscribers of the Carte Intégrale annual pass; in 2003 it was increased to users of the Carte Imagine'R student pass; and from 2005 the Navigo pass was available for travel within zones one and two of the Paris transportation region for Carte orange weekly and monthly passes. Since mid-May 2006, it has been possible to use the Navigo pass in the entirety of the Île-de-France region in place of the paper tickets of the conventional Carte orange, which was completely discontinued in February 2009. Single-trip paper tickets are still available from station agents and ticket vending machines and are accepted in all stations and buses, though busier Métro and RER stations will usually have several turnstiles set aside for Navigo card holders exclusively.
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