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Here's How To Pay For Subway Rides With Your Phone. Straphangers will be able to test the MTA's new tap-to-pay fare system starting Friday. Here's what you need to know about OMNY.
SmarTrip is a contactless stored-value smart card payment system managed by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) uses a compatible payment system called CharmCard.
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.
The contactless MTA payment system OMNY will take longer than anticipated to be finished for the LIRR. (Daniel Hampton/Patch)
The addition of Apple Pay to the MTA eTix app for Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road provides a convenient option that eliminates the need to type in any credit card numbers, billing info,...
The fare can also be paid on board SBS Buses with MTA's new OMNY fare payment system, by tapping a contactless bank card, smart device or OMNY Card at any OMNY reader at any door, excluding the S79 SBS.
On October 23, 2017, it was announced that the MetroCard would be phased out and replaced by OMNY, a contactless fare payment system also made by Cubic, with fare payment being made using Apple Pay, Google Pay, debit/credit cards with near-field communication technology, or radio-frequency identification cards.
NEW YORK CITY — The contactless fare payment system that will replace the iconic MetroCard is now at nearly every subway station in the city, MTA officials said.
The rollout involves the installation of new Conduent contactless payment validators which accept Visa and Mastercard debit payments. The new payment method will allow commuters to use physical bank cards, as well as digital wallets, to pay for travel on trains, trams and buses.
NEW YORK CITY — Fare thee well, MetroCards — the contactless OMNY payment system soon will give straphangers unlimited trips after 12 taps. The long-awaited fare capping pilot will start seven...