Originally Posted by
airoli
The new machines are definitely there, and they charge Opus cards as well as issue regular day / multi-day passes.
It is true that they accept debit and credit cards, there is however a twist: In true STM customer friendliness, these cards must be Canadian-issued. My colleagues' European or US credit cards are routinely rejected, my Canadian cards work well.
The machines also take cash.
Interestingly enough, on Monday my EMV-enabled US Visa card (Citibank HHonors Reserve, chip-and-signature) worked just fine for purchasing a 3-day pass at one of the machines at YUL. So apparently at least some US-issued cards work; maybe the EMV chip is what did the job.
I'll see tomorrow if I can buy a 1-day pass back with the same card at a vending machine at Place d'Armes.
Couldn't quite figure out how to get the machine to sell me an OPUS card to save me some hassle next time I visit; maybe the ones at the airport don't do that, or I didn't pick the right one.