OMNY vending machines now available at select MTA subway stations
MTA officials unveiled OMNY vending machines at six subway stations Monday, marking the latest step in the agency’s delayed push to phase out MetroCards as the fare payment system for subways and buses.
The MTA wrote in a press release the $1 surcharge for the reusable cards sold at vending machines is a “temporary introductory offer.” The agency in 2021 began selling the cards The OMNY vending machines also sell disposable single ride tickets printed on paper. Those tickets cost 35 cents on top of the cost of a single ride, for a total price of $3.25.
The MTA board in 2017 approved a contract with Cubic — the same company behind the MetroCard — to roll out the new tap-to-pay system. Then-MTA Chair Joseph Lhota said at the time the modern fare system would be “transformative” and help bring New York’s mass transit in line with cities like London, which has had a tap card system for years.
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