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MTA Fare Increase April 21st!

April 19, 2019

    Highlights 

    For New York City Transit, MaBSTOA, Staten Island Railway, MTA Bus

    Unlimited Ride MetroCard
    • 7-Day Unlimited Ride MetroCard: Increase from $32 to $33
    • 7-Day Express Bus Plus Unlimited Ride MetroCard: Increase from $59.50 to $62.00
    • 30-Day and Calendar Monthly Unlimited Ride MetroCard: Increase from $121 to $127
    Base fare, single ride, express fare and bonus
    • Base Fare: No change in $2.75 base fare for coin on bus and Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard.
    • Single Ride Ticket: No change in $3.00 Single Ride ticket.
    • Express Bus Fare: Increase the express bus fare to $6.75. Eliminate payment by coin on Express Bus
    • Bonus: Eliminate the bonus.

    For Commuter Railroads

    Weekly passes under $147 and monthly passes under $460
    • These passes will be increasing in price by least 3.85%. However, the price of weekly passes will not increase by more than $5.75 and the price of monthly passes will not increase by more than $15.
    Monthly tickets at or above $460 and weekly tickets at or above $147
    • There will be no price increase for these passes
    One way tickets
    • One-way fares into New York City: Increases ranging from 0% to 8.00%.
    • Other ticket types (intermediates, half fares and other discounted tickets): May increase up to 10%
    • No fare increases on Metro-North Railroad Pascack Valley and Port Jervis lines
    UniTicket and One-Way connecting fares
    • Weekly UniTicket connecting fares for Hudson Rail Link: increasing by 50¢
    • Monthly UniTicket connecting fares for Hudson Rail Link: increasing by $1.50
    • Weekly UniTicket connecting fares for local NYC bus service (NYCT and MTA Bus): Increasing by $25.00
    • Monthly UniTicket connecting fares for local NYC bus service (NYCT and MTA Bus): Increasing by $2.00

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