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OMNY will also expand beyond the current scope of the MetroCard to include the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad. The MetroCard, a magnetic stripe card, was first introduced in 1993 and was used to pay fares on MTA subways and buses, as well as on other networks such as the PATH train. Two limited contactless-payment trials were ...
All MetroCard turnstiles were installed by May 14, 1997, when the entire bus and subway system accepted MetroCard. [116] On September 28, 1995, buses on Staten Island started accepting MetroCard, and by the end of 1995, MetroCard was accepted on all New York City Transit buses. [116] Before 1997, the MetroCard design was blue with yellow lettering.
Pre-loaded SmartLink cards with 10 trips are available at all stations for $31.00 (10 trips at $2.60 each, plus a $5.00 card fee). However, MetroCard Vending Machines (MVMs) at all PATH stations are able to refill the SmartLink cards to a monetary amount equal to 1, 2, 4, 10, 20 and 40 trips as well as the daily or 30 day unlimited passes.
Now the only permanent MetroCard subway-to-subway transfers are between the Lexington Avenue/59th Street complex (4, 5, 6, <6> , N, R, and W trains) and the Lexington Avenue–63rd Street station (F, <F> , N, Q, and R trains) in Manhattan and between the Junius Street (2, 3, 4, and 5 trains) and Livonia Avenue (L train) stations in Brooklyn.
Fares can be paid with a MetroCard (including unlimited cards), coins, or on the GoMobile app. Neither dollar bills nor OMNY are accepted on any NICE fixed-route buses. Transfers are available upon request with coins, and are included automatically with MetroCard. The transfers are valid for two hours and can be used on two connecting NICE bus ...
Fare control, station agents, MetroCard machines, passageway to Port Authority Bus Terminal and Times Square–42nd Street *inside north wing of bus terminal at Eighth Avenue between 41st Street and 42nd Street, near airport bus ticket office
MetroCard: A magnetic stripe system in the largest transit system in the USA Chicago: Ventra: The largest automated fare collection contract ever placed in North America. [14] San Francisco Bay Area: Clipper card: Contactless smart cards for public transport Bangladesh: SPass [15] Contactless smart cards in Bangladesh. Malaysia: Touch 'n Go
MetroCard is a fare card used on subways, buses, and other public transport in the New York metropolitan area. Other fare cards known as the METROcard, MetroCard or Metrocard: metroCARD, launched in 2012–2013 on Adelaide Metro buses, trams, and trains in Adelaide, Australia