“After 32 years, it’s time to say goodbye to the MetroCard and go all in on the fare payment system of the future,” Lieber wrote in a statement. In 2017, the MTA signed a $573 million contract with ...

OMNY card readers installed at a New York City subway station. The contactless system is set to fully replace the MetroCard by the end of 2025 as part of the MTA’s modernization efforts. – Image ...

(TNS) — The 32-year-old MetroCard will fade into history in 2026, taking with it the PATH Smartcard, which relies on MetroCard vending machines. Meanwhile, NJ Transit is a few months away from ...

Ending MetroCard sales will help the agency to make a full switch to a fully contactless tap-and-go payment system. The MTA will not be selling or distributing its MetroCard after Dec. 31 ...

New York, New York - After spending decades as a staple of the city, New Yorkers will soon be forced to say goodbye to the beloved MetroCard. New York City's transit authority recently announced that ...

MetroCard sales will end after Dec. 31, 2025, the MTA announced on Wednesday. The tap-and-go fare technology is now available to Reduced-Fare, Fair Fares, Access-a-Ride and pre-tax commuter ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – It’s out with the MetroCard and in with OMNY – but not every subway station has an OMNY vending machine yet. By the end of the year, public transit riders will need ...

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday announced that the final day for MetroCard sales and distribution will be Dec. 31, 2025. OMNY, the MTA’s tap-and-go payment system, will fully ...

The final day for MetroCard sales and distribution will be Dec. 31, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. It’s part of the MTA’s long-delayed $ ...

There are no monthly or weekly OMNY fares — instead riders who take 12 trips in a single week get the rest of their rides for free, a system that avoids the $40 million of unused MetroCard fares ...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A 55-year-old man was attacked inside a subway station for refusing to swipe his MetroCard for a stranger, according to the NYPD. The incident happened around 9 p.m. on ...

MTA alerted its commuters through a post on social media platform X this week that it would be phasing out the MetroCard, with its end coming at the end of the year. "It’s the end of an era ...