
Please be sure to hold on to your receipt of payment while riding the Select Bus Service. Your connecting transfer data is encoded on your MetroCard and you can transfer to the subway or to another bus by using your MetroCard. You can enter the bus at any door as there is no need to show anything to the bus driver. Please see below for details on obtaining and using your transfer: Customers who pay for their Select Bus Service ride with a MetroCard

TransfersĪll transfer policies are the same for Select Bus Service as they are with other bus-to-bus, bus-to-subway or subway-to-bus policies. Receipts are valid for one hour from the time of purchase on the same Select Bus Service line, and in the same direction, for which it was purchased.Īnyone who does not have a valid receipt will be issued a fare evasion summons by the fare inspector. At random, MTA fare inspectors request to view proof of payment receipts.

On available buses with OMNY readers on board, you can skip the sidewalk kiosks and board through any door using a contactless card or digital wallet. When the bus comes, riders can enter or exit through any of the bus's doors, holding on to their receipt which may be requested at random as proof of payment by MTA inspectors (riders without a receipt will be subject to a $100 fare evasion summons). Using Off-board Fare Payment Machinesīefore boarding the bus, riders must pay their fares on the sidewalk at a Select Bus Service station stop using a MetroCard or coin machine, where they will receive a receipt as proof of payment.

Select Bus Service is faster and more reliable than local and limited-stop busses in part because of off-board fare payment on most routes. The base cost of riding a Select Bus Service bus is $2.75, the same as riding the subway or the local or limited-stop bus. Get more information on bus routes and schedules. Public buses in New York City are operated by New York City Transit, a division of the MTA. About Select Bus Service Paying Your Fare
