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The MetroCard is a discontinued magnetic stripe card used for fare payment on transportation in the New York City area. It was a payment method for the New York City Subway, New York City Transit buse
Select Bus Service pay shelter for pre-payment of fare before boarding Select Bus Service buses.
Front of NYPD and FDNY MetroCards
MetroCard Vending Machine
Informational notice on a ticket vending machine announcing the end of MetroCard sales
New York City transit fares
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The fares for services operated under the brands of MTA Regional Bus, New York City Subway, Staten Island Railway, PATH, Roosevelt Island Tramway, AirTrain JFK, NYC Ferry, and the suburban bus operato
MetroCard
…Bus System. The MetroCard was introduced in 1994 to enhance the technology of the transit system and eliminate the burden of carrying and collecting tokens. The MTA discontinued the use of tokens in the subway on May 3, 2003, and on buses on December 31, 2003. The MetroCard was phased out at the end of…
MetroCard Vending Machine (MVM)
NYCTA tokens from 1953 through 2003 (minor die varieties not shown)
Front side of a MetroCard; these cards with yellow backgrounds were distributed from 1997 until their discontinuation in 2025.
Token booth seen at Lexington Avenue–63rd Street