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The New York City Transit Authority (trading as MTA New York City Transit) provides bus, subway, and paratransit service throughout New York City.
A different fare payment system is used on the LIRR and Metro-North. Both railroads sell tickets based on geographical "zones" and time of day, charging peak and off-peak fares. Tickets may be bought from a ticket office at stations, ticket vending machines (TVMs), online through the "WebTicket" program, or through apps for iOS and Android devices.
The New York City Transit Authority operates 24 rail yards for the New York City Subway system and one for the Staten Island Railway. There are 10 active A Division yards and 11 active B Division yards, two of which are shared between divisions for storage and car washing.
NEW YORK CITY — Fare thee well, MetroCards — the contactless OMNY payment system soon will give straphangers unlimited trips after 12 taps.
Riders will be able to use the tap-to-pay technology on the 4, 5 and 6 lines from Grand Central Terminal in Midtown to Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City, New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. [a] Its operator is the New York City Transit Authority, which is itself controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York.
OMNY can currently be used to pay fares at all New York City Subway and Staten Island Railway stations, on all MTA buses, AirTrain JFK, Metro North 's Hudson Rail Link, and on the Roosevelt Island Tram; when completely rolled out, it will also replace the MetroCard on Bee-Line buses, and NICE buses.
Drivers would be able to pay by a debit from their E-ZPass account or a debit from a pre-paid non-E-ZPass account linked to the vehicle's license plate number. For drivers without traffic payment accounts, they would have 48 hours to pay via phone, the Internet, text messaging, or cash transactions at participating retailers.
The fare for SBS is the same as on all New York City Transit local and limited-stop buses, $2.90, payable with a MetroCard or coins at booths on each stop, with the exception of the Q70, which is fare-free.
It is next to the New York City Subway's Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station complex (2, 3, 4, 5 , B, D, N, Q , R and W trains), providing easy access to Lower Manhattan. With the opening of East Side Access, service between Atlantic Terminal and Jamaica is served mostly by shuttles.