Fares and Passes

ATTENTION: Due to scheduled maintenance, all MTA MetroCard Vending Machines, system wide, will not be able to accept credit/debit payments on Saturday, June 22nd. Please plan ahead and purchase your MetroCards beforehand. NICE also accepts exact change —the price of a one way cash fare is $2.25.

NICE Fares

For Fares and Passes, NICE accepts coins and all types of MetroCards®, the fare card issued by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Cash Fare Rider	Cost
Regular Fare	$2.25
Student Fare (with valid student ID)	$2.10
Senior Fare (age 65 and older)	$1.10
Disabled Fare	$1.10
Medicare Card Holder Fare	$1.10

For information and fares about the Long Island Rail Road, visit: www.mta.info/lirr/about/TicketInfo.

New Increase in MetroCard® as of March 3rd, 2013:

Things to know:

New Single Ride MetroCard Fare is $2.50.
Cash fares on NICE Buses remain at $2.25

The Effect on NICE Fares & Passes

If a customer has a Nassau County Social Service card with $1.10 on it and attempts to pay the fare...	If a customer has a full-fare MetroCard with $2.25 on it and attempts to pay the fare...
...the NICE farebox will go into split-fare mode. That is, the farebox will take the $1.10 from the MetroCard and will be expecting the customer to add $0.15 in coins.	...the NICE farebox will go into split-fare mode. The farebox will take the $2.25 from the MetroCard and will be expecting the customer to add $0.25 in coins.

MetroCard FAQ

Does this affect all MetroCard products? Weekly, Monthly, Time-based etc.?
Yes, the MTA Metro Card increase is an across the board increase. For more information on MetroCard costs, visit www.mta.com.

If I pay cash in Nassau will I be charged a step-up fee when I transfer to MTA buses/trains?
No, at this time there will not be an additional fee for transferring onto an MTA bus service. However, the MTA may implement a step up fee for cash paying customers in the future. Also transfers issued to cash-paying customers have not and will not be accepted for subway entry.

I am eligible for half fares and use the MetroCard, will I pay an increase?
Yes. For example, Senior Citizen Metro Card fare will increase to $1.25.

Please note the following information about split-fare transactions:

A split-fare transaction is defined as a two-part transaction: the first part is the partial payment of a fare with value from a MetroCard (value that is less than a fare). The second part of the transaction is the customer making up the difference in coins.
A split-fare transaction does NOT encode a transfer on the customer's MetroCard. The customer has to request a bus transfer from the operator after adding coins to finish paying the fare.
Customers making fare payment via a split-fare transaction on a bus are not entitled to a free transfer onto the subway.
Customers cannot use multiple MetroCards to pay a single fare (e.g., a customer cannot use a $2.00 MetroCard and then try to pay the remaining $0.50 with a second MetroCard: it must be paid with coins).

For more information visit:
www.mta.info/nyct/fare/NewFares