New York City transit fares

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The current New York City Transit Authority fare for local and limited stop buses and trains is nominally $2, increased from $1.50 on May 4, 2003. Express Buses are $5.00 one way. The MetroCard is the main form of fare payment, which is a magnetic stripe card that can be in any amount from $4 to $80. There is a 20 percent bonus in place for any MetroCard purchase of or over $10 (example: $10 purchase = $12 Metrocard). Unlimited cards for 1-day (Fun Pass) ($7), 7-days ($24), and 30-days ($76) are also available. Subway turnstiles accept only MetroCards. NYCT Buses, in addition to MetroCards, accept only exact change (no pennies or half-dollars), but not paper bills. The famous token was phased out in 2003 and is now a collector's item.

Most Metrocards allow a transfer within two hours after first use from bus to bus, subway to bus or bus to subway only. There is generally no free subway to subway transfer, except where two or more stations are joined by connecting stairways or passageways that are not separated by a fare-control barrier. However, two free "out-of-system" subway to subway transfers are available, both of which involve leaving the subway system and walking to another station (once only, meaning if even 1 subway-to-bus, bus-to-subway, bus-to-bus, or 1 of these 2 "out-of-system" subway-to-subway transfer is used, they must pay $2.00 fare on the next faregate when transferring between "out-of-system" transfer stations):

Between 45th Road–Court House Square (7) and the 23rd Street–Ely Avenue (E V) / Long Island City–Court Square (G) complex

Between Lexington Avenue–59th Street (4 5 6 N R W) and Lexington Avenue–63rd Street (F)

Bus transfers are almost unlimited, but there is no transfer to the same bus line on which the trip began, and there are no free transfers between the following bus routes:

Downtown Fifth Avenue and uptown Madison Avenue buses (M1, M2, M3 and M4)
Downtown Lexington Avenue and uptown Third Avenue buses (M101, M102 and M103)
Southbound and northbound Grand Concourse buses (Bx1 and Bx2)
Eastbound and Westbound 49 and 50 Street crosstown buses (M27 and M50)
Eastbound and Westbound 57 Street crosstown buses (M31 and M57)
Eastbound and Westbound 96 Street crosstown buses (M96 and M106)
Eastbound and Westbound Tremont Avenue buses (Bx40 and Bx42)

SingleRide MetroCards costing $2 are valid for one ride within two hours after purchase on local buses and the subway, with one transfer available from bus to bus only.

[edit] Fare history

Below are the fares charged for single boardings on NYCTA transit lines. Different combinations of transfer privileges have altered these fares from time to time and massively increased transfer privileges and pass discounts have lowered the average real fare significantly since 1997. On November 23, 2005, a $1.00 holiday fare promotion was instituted by the MTA on behalf of riders, although opposed by the government and passengers themselves.^{[citation needed]} (Express Buses continued to require a $5.00 fare).

$0.15 (1953 – 1966)
$0.20 (1966 – December 31, 1969)
$0.30 (January 1, 1970 – December 31, 1971)
$0.35 (January 1, 1972 – August 31, 1975)
$0.50 (September 1, 1975 – June 28, 1980)
$0.60 (June 29, 1980 – July 3, 1981)
$0.75 (July 4, 1981 – December 31, 1983)
$0.90 (January 1, 1984 – December 31, 1985)
$1.00 (January 1, 1986 – December 31, 1989)
$1.15 (January 1, 1990 – December 31, 1991)
$1.25 (January 1, 1992 – November 11, 1995)
$1.50 (November 12, 1995 – May 3, 2003)
$2.00 (May 4, 2003 – present)

[edit] 2005 holiday fare bonus

Single fares were reduced to $1.00 from $2.00 for non-weekday dates during the 2005 holiday season and for the week from Christmas through New Year's holiday week. The dates for these $1.00 fares are as follows.

[edit] See also

v • d • e Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)
Bus	NYC Transit • MaBSTOA • Long Island Bus • MTA Bus
Heavy rail	New York City Subway • Staten Island Railway
Commuter rail	Long Island Rail Road • Metro-North Railroad
Roads	MTA Bridges and Tunnels
Law enforcement	MTA Police
Fleet	New York City Subway • New York City Bus, MaBSTOA, and MTA Bus
Other	Fares • MetroCard • New York City Transit Authority • NYC Subway History

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