The identity application of France takes the braid. Since July 1, it is now possible to use it to present its transport title to the controllers during a train trip to Ouigo. A service that has already been available since January 2025 in incredible TGV and Interités.
A sure QR code
In case of control, travelers no longer need to present their ticket and identity card. You just have to get your smartphone. For this, it will be necessary in advance Downloaded the application of the identity of France On your phone and activate it with your real identity card.
Then, the platform generates a QR code that includes both the traveler’s train ticket information and its identity document. A way for the controller to determine quickly if the traveler’s identity corresponds to his train ticket.
As SNCF recalls, “only the essential information”, the name, name and date of the traveler is transmitted. “No other personal data (address, photo, document number) are shared during control, which guarantees a high level of confidentiality and security,” added the press release.
The vital card, the driver’s license and the gray card already dematerialized
This new service, reserved for people over 18, allows a little more Simplify the life of French And to ensure all administrative procedures. In fact, France’s identity application makes it possible to completely dematerialize the recognition of identity. More than 2.3 million French have already taken the step.
At the moment, dematerialize is already possible The identity card and the driving licensethere Vital card (According to the region) and, since June 30, its gray card. The application can also provide a dematerialized proxy for elections.
This digital “portfolio” will soon have all your documents available on your smartphone. “Ultimately, we were able to find the gray card, the student card … This is our road map,” said Bruno Retilleau, Interior Minister, in the columns of the Ouest France last April.
But be careful. In order to create a digital identity, it is mandatory to have the new biometric identity card, deployed in 2021. Since the beginning of April, it is possible to make an appointment at the City Council for Change beforehand Your identity card in bank card format.
Source: BFM TV
