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Transit card guide

Taipei's card is EasyCard, though iPass — more common in southern Taiwan — works identically on Taipei's MRT and buses, so it genuinely doesn't matter which one a tourist ends up with; both are sold and reloaded at MRT station machines and the counter of nearly any 7-Eleven, FamilyMart, or similar convenience store. The city does sell an MRT-only one-day pass, but it doesn't cover buses, so it only pays off if you're packing in several long metro rides in a single day — for typical sightseeing that mixes MRT, bus, and YouBike, EasyCard's automatic fare discounts (plus a further discount when transferring between MRT and bus within about an hour) usually work out cheaper anyway. The one habit worth building: Taipei buses vary route by route on whether you tap when boarding, when alighting, or both, so the safest move is to tap every single time you get on or off, since tapping when it isn't required simply won't charge you twice, but skipping a required tap will.