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Student travel card

Student travel cards (or BSKs) offer students a cheaper way to use public transport in St. Petersburg.

There are several monthly plans available:

  • universal student travel card (includes tramway, trolleybus, bus, and metro) – 100 metro rides and unlimited rides on other forms of public transport;
  • combined student travel card (includes tramway, trolleybus, and bus) – unlimited rides;
  • metro student travel card – 100 rides.

You can find the monthly costs for each travel card on the official page of the St. Petersburg metro (in Russian).

The following data is required for BSK etching:

  • passport data;
  • SNILS data (for Russian citizens).

You can check the data in the system in the personal account of the ISU: Administrative Services — BSK — Apply for a change of passport data. If the data is not current, you must follow the steps according to the instructions.

How to get and activate your travel card

If you already have a card issued during your studies at ITMO

  • On August 30, information about returning and new students is submitted to the metro database;
  • From September 1, you can reactivate your card at any metro station’s ticket office. 

If you have a card issued during your studies at another St. Petersburg university

  • On August 30, information about returning and new students is submitted to the metro database;
  • From September 1, you can reactivate your card at any metro station’s ticket office – you have to inform the staff that you have changed universities (the card will be reprogrammed; make sure to have your passport and student ID). 

     

If you don’t have a student transport card

  • On August 30, information about returning and new students is submitted to the metro database;
  • You can receive a temporary travel card on September 1-30 (make sure to have your passport and student ID);

    While the "Student with a photo" card is in progress you can buy "Kurs" temporary card (it costs 80 rubles). It will allow you to buy discounted tickets. When you get "Student with a photo" card at the office of the metro station all previously paid tickets will be transferred from the "Kurs" to the new card. The temporary card (if it's not damaged) can be returned to the cash desk of metro station within 45 days from the date of purchase.

  • You have to apply for a permanent student travel card between October 1 and December 1 using one of the following ways:
    • at a metro ticket office (your card will be ready for pick-up at the place of your application in 10 days). To apply for a student card, make sure to bring: 
      • your passport;
      • your student ID;
      • your temporary student transport card (if applicable). 
    •  on the website www.карта-онлайн.рф (your card will be ready for pick-up in 10 days at the station you choose in your application or at the Personalization Department).  
    • at the Personalization Department: Chernoretsky Lane 3 (metro station Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo) (the card will be ready on the day of your visit). To order and receive your card, make sure to bring: 
      • your passport;
      • your student ID;
      • your temporary student transport card (if applicable).

When filing an online application, you will need to provide: 

  • at the ticket officer: a 3x4 cm photo;
  • online: a photo in one of the applicable formats;
  • at the Personalization Department: no photo required.

Important info:

  • If you want to apply for a card in place of a lost one, you have to first disable the latter at any metro ticket office – for that, you will need your passport. After that, you can apply for a new student transport card. 
  • If any of the personal data listed in your passport has changed, you will have to bring it up to date in ISU by following this instruction (in Russian). 

Contact the Student Services Office

ATTENTION: Holidays from April 30 to May 3.