You can still travel by bus or subway at a reduced fare without a metrocard, if you show valid identification id to a subway station agent or bus operator. Copies of documents certifying eligibility see applications for list. The metrocard wont be completely phased out until july 2023. Application for mta reducedfare metrocard for senior citizens. Allow twothree weeks to receive your replacement reduced fare metrocard. There is a program in place for the senior citizens and for people with disabilities to pay for ride in mta. You will receive your new reduced fare transit id card by mail. Your application for a reduced fare metrocard includes the easypay automatic refill payment option.
Create your easypay account today, and youll receive your new easypay metrocard by mail in about three weeks. Please note that we do not issue a temporary card if your reducedfare metrocard is lost or stolen. Your application for a reducedfare metrocard includes the easypay automatic refill payment option. Purchase and refill of metrocards full fare and reducedfare. Lost or stolen reducedfare metrocard metrocard not returned from bus farebox metrocard vending machine problem. Passengers must have valid proof of eligibility to use reduced fares.
New yorks mta is launching a firstofitskind tech accelerator to. Its currently only available as a full fare, pay per ride option during the trial but will expand later. Check with signers address imprinted on it or money order payable to cttransit. Fixed route reduced fare application instructions for completion in accordance with federal regulations, metro offers a reduced fare program for people with.
If your reduced fare metrocard is automatically refilled by new york city transit using your debit or credit card via the easy pay program, please call 18773237433. Metrocard replacement offers chance to improve new york city subway, bus service transit advocates say the technology for the new fare payment system will let the mta offer passengers more options. You can get a refund for any money left on the card when it is deactivated by returning it by mail to new york city transit, attention. If you lose your valid metro reduced fare permit, you may obtain a replacement. This card works just like a regular mcard but is programmed for the reduced fare.
The contactless fare payment system is currently being trialled and will be expanded to another 48 stations by the end of the year including penn station. Balance protection for lost or stolen metrocards, and. Submission of damaged reducedfare metrocards in exchange for a temporary replacement. The reduced fare may be paid by monthly pass, twohour, or exact cash fare. To replace a metrocard by phone, dial 511, say mta, subway and buses, and follow the.
If your reduced fare metrocard is automatically refilled by new york city transit using your debit or credit card via the easy pay program, please call 18773237433 to report your lost card. Please allow two weeks to receive your replacement reduced. Spanish, chinese the reducedfare card is a benefit available to seniors 65 years of age or older and people with disabilities that allows you to buy metrocards for half of the regular fare. Applicants must return the completed application by fax 4103334347, by mail mta reduced fare certification office, 6 st. To obtain an application for easypay reducedfare metrocard you may call. Call us at 511, which is a voicerecognition system, and say mta, then say subway and buses and follow the prompts. With a reduced farecard or a medicare card, qualifying persons can ride all regular service at a reduced fare. File a metrocard claim and lost or stole reduced fare metrocard. The subway system, after all, only ditched physical tokens for fare payment in 2003. The special metrocard requires an application process that may or may not be worth the effort for the modest savings. Metrocard replacement offers chance to improve new york. Please allow two weeks to receive your replacement reducedfare metrocard.
If your reduced fare permit is lost, stolen or damaged, you must fill out a replacement application. Please note that we do not issue a temporary card when you report a lost or stolen reducedfare card. Here is everything we know, so far, about the metrocards phaseout, its replacement and more. What to do if your reducedfare metrocard is lost or stolen.
Regional reduced fare permit rrfp accessible services. The metrocard mobile sales van will be stationed in yonkers from 219222 to help riders with any of the following items. Please note that we do not issue a temporary card when you report a lost or stolen reduced fare card. Beginning in august 2019, on the first and third monday from 10 am to 2 pm excluding holidays, customers can apply and recertify for the reduced fare smartrip id card for people with disabilities. In some cases you will have to show your reduced fare breeze card to marta employees such as bus operators and rail station agents. Mar 02, 2020 its the beginning of the end for the metrocard. It is very important that you report a lost, stolen. The metropolitan transit authority in new york city replaces senior cards or reduced fare metrocards via an online application located on mta. Allow twothree weeks to receive your replacement reducedfare metrocard. The first regional reduced fare permit, and renewing an expired rrfp, are free of charge. Metros reduced fare program for people with disabilities is available at a new location silver spring commuter store, 8404 colesville rd, silver spring, md 20910. If approved, it will be voted on by the agencys board on wednesday.
Reduced fare metrocard 6 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week. The proposed fare system will come in front of the mtas finance committee today. You must add time or value to your fair fares nyc metrocard once you receive it. Senior citizens and people with disabilities metrocards. Reduced fare programs can save money for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and youths. The reducedfare metrocard is a personalized card with your name and photo.
Mta announces plan to replace metrocard with contactless. If anyone else is caught using your card, the card will be confiscated and you will have to wait a minimum of 30 days before receiving a replacement. A gradual phaseout of the cards use is planned to start in may 2019, when the mtas tapbased replacement will be introduced. What to do if your reduced fare metrocard is lost or stolen. We will also send you a replacement card in the mail. Easypay is a convenient payment option for both full fare and reduced fare customers. Reduced fares are available for mta subway, bus, and rail customers who are 65 or older or who have qualifying disabilities. A guide to omny a replacement for the metrocard new. The disability reduced fare card is not available the same day that the application is received.
If a straphanger loses or damages his or her metrocard, he or she must call a phone number or mail in their card or, if lost, a claim for a replacement. Each transit agency sets its own reduced fare structure. If your metrocard was registered with us, any remaining credit from your old card can also be transferred onto the new card for you. Simply show or swipe your reduced farecard or medicare card and pay the reduced fare. You must immediately report your easypay metrocard lost, stolen or never. If you have any questions about reduced fares, call the metrostore at 3149821495, monday through friday from 8. Metro will issue visitors a onetime courtesy reduced fare smartrip photo. Spanish, chinese the reduced fare card is a benefit available to seniors 65 years of age or older and people with disabilities that allows you to buy metrocards for half of the regular fare. If your reduced fare metrocard is automatically refilled by new york city transit using your debit or credit card via the easy pay program, please call 1. Reduced fare permits regional transportation authority. Your reduced fare metrocard will be deactivated within four weeks after you receive your new easypay reduced fare metrocard. We are available 7 days a week, between the hours of 6 am and 10 pm.
The metropolitan transit authority in new york city replaces senior cards or reducedfare metrocards via an online application located on mta. There is a special fourway student metrocard for students whose trip to school requires more than one transfer each way. You must apply for the card and be approved to receive it. Reduced fares are available for mta subway, bus, and rail customers who are. Each person suppose to request and receive special metrocard with own picture on it. Please follow the same application directions as above to apply. A guide to omny, the mtas new metrocardreplacing fare system. Travel options until your new reducedfare metrocard arrives in the mail. The student reduced fare is separate from the regular reduced fare and is valid on school days only between 5. Call one of the numbers listed below and we will deactivate your metrocard and send you a new one containing the remaining fare value at the time of deactivation.
Easypay is a convenient payment option for both fullfare and reducedfare customers. Your reducedfare metrocard will be deactivated within four weeks after you receive your new easypay reducedfare metrocard. In spring 2019, the mta launched a pilot program of its new taptopay system, known as omny, that will eventually replace swiping a metrocard. To qualify for a reduced fare card, it will be necessary for you to complete a reduced fare. You are reporting a lost or stolen reduced fare metrocard that has a picture on it. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, use your preferred relay service provider or the free 711 relay. People with disabilities may qualify for the rrfp card.
My grandmother was at the east broadway station presumably the rutgers st entrance and her reduced fare card expired and she told it to the station agent. Reduced fare metro card new york city forum tripadvisor. The system, short for one metro new york, will eventually replace the metrocard and will allow riders to pay with a fare card linked to a bank account, a mobile wallet payment, or the mta app. Due to the covid19 related restrictions on nonessential travel, we are currently unable to process easypay applications or issue any metrocards including replacements for lost, damaged or expiring cards. When you add value, you will add the amount you choose to your card and the bus fare. A reducedfare metrocard is a personalized metrocard with your name and photograph. The metrocard van serves all five boroughs and westchester county, while the metrocard bus serves manhattan, the bronx, queens, and parts of brooklyn.
The initial rollout for the new omny tapandpay system that will eventually replace metrocards in the mta transit system is set for friday. My grandmother was at the east broadway station presumably the rutgers st entrance and her reduced fare card expired and she told it. A reduced fare metrocard is a personalized metrocard with your name and photograph. We will deactivate your metrocard and send you a new one, containing fare value left on the lost or stolen metrocard at the time of deactivation. Children six through 18 are eligible for an orca youth card, which may be obtained free of charge by lift cardholders, and those 65 and older are eligible for a regional reduced fare permit rrfp card. Forum regulars report that the by mail process can take months. When request placed person received a temporary metrocard and pesonalized card issued and. The easypay metrocard is linked to your credit or debit card, and refills automatically as you use it. Reduced fares for people with disabilities, youth, and. Fullfare student metrocards allow students to travel to and from school and schoolrelated activities by bus and subway at no cost. Reduced fare transit photo id card application cttransit. Timeline, replacement, more to know about new nyc fare system. Using the fair fares nyc metrocard, participating new york city residents receive a 50% discount on subway and eligible bus fares.
You go to a station service booth or metrocard vending machine to refill your card. Full fare student metrocards allow students to travel to and from school and schoolrelated activities by bus and subway at no cost. Mta shows off new tapbased omny pay system that will. Reducedfare metrocard applications can also be processed on the bus, including taking photographs for these cards. The transit agency ran a pilot program for a successor to the metrocard in 2006. The results will indicate if your claim is in process or closed, along with the date of closure. Applying in person at the office downtown will probably take a couple of hours, so its a personal judgement call on if its worth spending the vacation time. Also, only you are allowed to use your reduced fare breeze card. The application is available at the reduced fare certification office.
For issues with your reducedfare metrocard or general metrocard customer service questions, call 511 from 6 a. For issues with your reduced fare metrocard or general metrocard customer service questions, call 511 from 6 a. The 31day passes may also be purchased at a reduced. It is a clunky process filled with vague questionnaires that often ask for too much unnecessary information, and i know more than a few people who sacrificed the. New york to replace metrocard with modern way to pay. Metrocard replacement offers chance to improve new york city subway, bus service transit advocates say the technology for the new farepayment system will let the mta offer passengers more options. An online solution for lost or damaged metrocards second. Use this form if you wish to receive an update on the status of your claim. Metrocard customer claims, livingston street, brooklyn, ny 112019625. We hope to resume normal operations soon and we appreciate your patience.
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