The State of Geneva will cover the cost of Youth (-100%) and AVS/AI (-50% ) travel passes, from January 1st 2025.

The Canton of Geneva offers young students up to the age of 24 an annual or monthly Unireso pass, subject to certain conditions regarding education and income. It has also decided to cover 50% of the cost of annual or monthly passes for OASI/DI pensioners living in the canton of Geneva.

Important information | An appeal has been lodged against the State of Geneva decision to finance unireso travel passes for youth and OASI/DI. As the suspensive effect of this appeal has not been granted by the Court of Justice, work on preparing for the law's entry into force on January 1, 2025 has been restarted. However, the government funding on January 1, 2025, and the prorata reimbursement of of travel passes purchased in 2024, remain dependent on the final decision of the Court of Justice. 

Information will be updated regularly.

Implementation on January 1, 2025


This changeover will be implemented on January 1, 2025. In the meantime, people who need to renew their unireso travel pass can purchase their annual travel pass with complete peace of mind. The amount corresponding to the period between the State of Geneva's decision to cover the cost and the end of validity of your subscription will be reimbursed on a pro rata temporis basis.

Travel passes covered :

The reduction of CHF 400 for eligible young people and CHF 200 for those receiving AVS/AI benefits may be applied to the following travel passes:

  • unireso zone 10 annual travel pass ;
  • LémanPass annual multi-zone travel pass including zone 10 ;
  • LémanPass annual travel passes for route + zone 10 ;
  • modular travel passes for route + zone 10 ; 

Beneficiaries

From January 1, 2025, young people and people receiving OASI/DI benefits who meet the following conditions will be reimbursed 100% or 50% of their annual or monthly unireso zone 10 travel pass for public transport (bus, trolleybus, train, tramway and mouettes genevoises)

 

For children under 6 years old, transport remains free (no travel pass required)

The procedures and documents required to prove entitlement to full or partial reimbursement of the public transport travel pass will be specified during the autumn.

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Subscription and refund procedure

For any purchase of an annual or monthly unireso pass before January 1, 2025, holders who so request will be reimbursed the amount of their pass prorata temporis, i.e. the amount corresponding to the period between the date of implementation of the assumption of responsibility by the State of Geneva on January 1, 2025 and the expiry date of their pass.

For all purchases of annual or monthly unireso passes from January 1, 2025, the reimbursement will be effective from the day of purchase.

Reimbursement details will be announced in autumn 2024.

Practical information on the roll-out of this measure will be regularly updated on the unireso website.

Obligation to travel with a valid transport ticket

It's important to remember that anyone travelling by public transport must have a valid ticket, even if they benefit from a total or partial reimbursement of the cost of their season ticket. Travelling without a valid ticket is liable to a fine in the event of a check by transport company officials, even if the person checked is eligible for the State of Geneva's reimbursement program.

Since August 1, 2015, travel passes for public transport are activated on a SwissPass card, regardless of the operator. We now invite all those who do not yet have a public transport travel pass to open a SwissPass account on the tpg  webshop or in one of our 3 agencies: Cornavin, Rive and Lancy Pont Rouge.

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