Discounted Beep cards for students already available at train stations

Student Beep cards with an automatic 50 percent discount were launched on Saturday, September 20, 2025. (Photo: DOTr)

MANILA, Philippines — After a few days’ delay following system issues, the student Beep cards with an automatic 50 percent discount are already available in all the stations of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) Lines 1 and 2 starting this Saturday.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Acting Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez led the launching of the “on-the-spot” printing of the Beep cards at the LRT-2 Legarda Station earlier this Saturday.

READ: Beep cards with automatic discounts for students ready September

In his speech, Marcos noted that the printing of the Beep cards for students, along with the ones for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, will only take three minutes to five minutes.

“The processing has been expedited. Now it only takes 3 minutes. After printing, they can use that (white beep card). I told the students, you no longer have an excuse to be late,” Marcos quipped, as cited in a Department of Transportation (DOTr) statement.

The launching of the student Beep cards was originally on September 15 but was postponed to September 20 due to “system issues.”

‘School caravans for Beep cards’

Meanwhile, Lopez said the DOTr is planning to conduct school caravans starting in October for the student Beep card printing.

He added that they are also studying the online application portal for the swift processing of the Beep cards for students.

READ: Student Beep card launch rescheduled for September 20

The printing of the discounted Beep cards, with a P30 one-time fee, will be available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. during weekends at all 51 stations at the MRT-3, LRT-1, and LRT-2.

Commuters only need to present their student IDs or enrollment certificates, or their senior citizen or PWD IDs.

The student Beep cards are set to be renewed or reactivated every school year. /mr