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Everything you need to know about fares and tolls in New York

Find out how much information technology costs to ride the subway, the bus, Long Isle Rails Road, and Metro-North in the New York area, how transfers work, your options for reduced fares, and where to buy tickets or a MetroCard.

Near subway and charabanc fares

  • Riding the subway costs $2.75 for most riders. People with disabilities or who are 65 or older are eligible for a reduced fare.
  • An unlimited ride MetroCard can salvage you money. These give yous unlimited swipes for a certain length of time.
  • MetroCards price $1. All cards except for the Single Ride carte are refillable.
  • Upwards to three children under 44 inches tall ride for gratis when they're with a fare-paying adult.
  • You pay the fare at turnstiles before y'all board the train. You don't have to do anything after.
  • Some Unlimited MetroCards are protected against loss or theft. See details about our Balance Protection Program beneath.
  • Set up EasyPayXpress to refill your MetroCard automatically. EasyPay is available for pay-per-ride and unlimited cards.
  • MetroCards tin be used with our regional transit partners: PATH, AirTrain JFK, Prissy Motorcoach (Nassau Inter-Canton Express), Westchester Bee-Line Buses, and the Roosevelt Isle Tram.

Types of MetroCards and what they price

Cost per swipe: $2.75.

You put a dollar value on the card and pay $2.75 at the start of each trip. The minimum balance for new cards is $5.50, the cost of ii swipes.

You tin combine time and value on the same MetroCard. Time volition always be used first. Value will become available the time on your carte runs out. PATH, AirTrain, and Express buses volition always deduct from the value on your card.

7-Day or xxx-Solar day Unlimited

Price: $33 (7-day) or $127 (30-mean solar day).

You lot have unlimited swipes on the subway and local buses for either 7 or 30 days.

Your MetroCard can only concur ane Unlimited Ride refill at a fourth dimension. You can't break an unlimited ride carte du jour once y'all've started using it.

You can combine time and value on the aforementioned MetroCard. Fourth dimension will always be used showtime. Value will go available the time on your card runs out. PATH, AirTrain, and Express buses will always deduct from the value on your card.

7-Day Unlimited Express Autobus Plus

Toll: $62.

You lot have unlimited swipes on express buses, local buses, and the subway for 7 days.

Your MetroCard tin only hold 1 Unlimited Ride refill at a time. You can't intermission an unlimited ride card once yous've started using it.

Cost: $3.

These are only available at ticket machines. They aren't refillable. These are useful if you don't want to put the $five.50 minimum on a pay-per-ride card.

You cannot transfer between the subway and the coach with this fare. If you're transferring betwixt buses, inquire the driver for a newspaper transfer when you lot board the offset passenger vehicle.

Schools distribute MetroCards that let eligible students get to and from school and schoolhouse-related activities. As with regular MetroCards, Student MetroCards allow for a costless transfer between the subway and local/limited/Select Bus services, or a free transfer between buses

You tin can use your card for iii rides each school day, between 5:30 a.m. and eight:30 p.yard. Educatee MetroCards are good for one semester.

Come across details virtually Pupil MetroCards.

JFK-AirTrain 30-Day Unlimited Ride

Price: $40.

These are adept for unlimited JFK-AirTrain trips until midnight, xxx days from starting time use.

Your MetroCard can only hold 1 Unlimited Ride refill at a time. You can't pause an unlimited ride card once you've started using it.

Cost: $25.

These are good for 10 JFK AirTrain trips until midnight, 30 days from first use.

You lot tin can buy these merely at MetroCard Vending Machines in Howard Beach and Jamaica Air Train stations.

The AAR MetroCard gives Paratransit customers 4 free trips a day using the subways, local buses, Select Charabanc Service (SBS), and Staten Island Railway (SIR).

A day is a 24-60 minutes agenda day, from midnight to 11:59 p.1000. Like whatsoever other MetroCard, you become an automatic free transfer between the subway and a local bus route, SIR and a local bus, or between ii local bus routes.

Read more nearly AAR MetroCards.

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Up to iii kids under 44 inches alpine ride free when they're with an developed who paid the fare.

How transfers work

Transfers with a MetroCard

Transfers become encoded on your card when you lot swipe information technology. Make sure to use the same MetroCard when yous're transferring and then you're not charged twice.

  • With a pay-per-ride card: You go i free transfer within two hours of swiping your MetroCard. Y'all can transfer from subway to bus, bus to subway, or double-decker to bus. Annotation: Y'all tin can't transfer to an express bus unless you lot have a 7-24-hour interval Unlimited Express Bus Plus MetroCard.
    • With pay-per-ride for multiple people: Swipe the same MetroCard once and the turnstile will let anybody through.
  • With an unlimited card: Y'all take unlimited swipes, so you don't have to worry about transfers.

Transfers with OMNY

  • You get one free transfer within two hours of tapping your card or device.
  • Use the same carte du jour or device throughout your trip. Your transfer volition be recorded automatically.

About paratransit fares

Access-A-Ride is our paratransit service. The fare for any transportation is $two.75.

Yous can read more nearly the program, apply, make reservations, and more than.