MetroCard

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contact-type smart card fare card magnetic stripe card public transport ticketing system

MetroCard is a magnetic stripe payment card formerly used as the primary method for paying fares on New York City’s public transit system, including subways and buses.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form Occurrences
OMNY 2
30-Day Unlimited MetroCard 1
7-Day Unlimited MetroCard 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf contact-type smart card ⓘ
fare card ⓘ
magnetic stripe card ⓘ
public transport ticketing system ⓘ
appliesTo AirTrain JFK ⓘ
Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
surface form: MTA Regional Bus Operations

New York City Subway ⓘ
PATH ⓘ
Roosevelt Island Tramway ⓘ
Staten Island Railway ⓘ
canBeUsedOn AirTrain JFK ⓘ
surface form: AirTrain JFK people mover

PATH trains between New York and New Jersey ⓘ
Roosevelt Island Tramway ⓘ
local buses in New York City ⓘ
select express buses in New York City ⓘ
color yellow ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currency US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar
expirationPolicy cards expire after printed date ⓘ
farePolicy value remains on card until used or expired ⓘ
fareSystem distance-insensitive flat fare on NYC Subway ⓘ
time-based unlimited rides for certain products ⓘ
feature black magnetic stripe on back ⓘ
encoded fare value ⓘ
printed expiration date ⓘ
swipe-based fare collection ⓘ
hasType MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 30-Day Unlimited MetroCard

MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 7-Day Unlimited MetroCard

MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: EasyPayXpress MetroCard

MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard

MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Reduced-Fare MetroCard

MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Senior MetroCard

MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SingleRide MetroCard

MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Student MetroCard

MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Unlimited Ride MetroCard
introduced 1993 ⓘ
introducedBy Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
material plastic ⓘ
operator Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
surface form: MTA Bridges and Tunnels

Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
surface form: MTA Bus Company

Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
surface form: MTA New York City Transit

Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
Staten Island Railway ⓘ
owner Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
phasedOutInFavorOf OMNY ⓘ
phaseOutStart 2019 ⓘ
plannedRetirement mid-2020s ⓘ
region New York City ⓘ
replaced subway tokens in New York City ⓘ
shape rectangular card ⓘ
status being phased out ⓘ
supportsBonus promotional bonus value on Pay-Per-Ride at times ⓘ
supportsTransfer free bus-to-bus transfers within time limit ⓘ
free subway-to-bus transfers within time limit ⓘ
technology magnetic stripe ⓘ
topUpMethod online for EasyPayXpress ⓘ
station booths ⓘ
vending machines ⓘ
usedFor paying AirTrain JFK fares ⓘ
paying PATH fares ⓘ
paying Roosevelt Island Tramway fares ⓘ
paying Staten Island Railway fares ⓘ
paying bus fares in New York City ⓘ
paying subway fares in New York City ⓘ
paying transit fares in New York City ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AirTrain JFK → fareCollection → MetroCard ⓘ
AirTrain JFK → fareCollection → MetroCard ⓘ
this entity surface form: OMNY
Chambers Street → fareControl → MetroCard ⓘ
A train → fareMedium → MetroCard ⓘ
B train → fareMedium → MetroCard ⓘ
E train → fareMedium → MetroCard ⓘ
G train → fareMedium → MetroCard ⓘ
IRT → fareMedium → MetroCard ⓘ
L train → fareMedium → MetroCard ⓘ
this entity surface form: reduced-fare MetroCard
this entity surface form: unlimited-ride MetroCard
N train → fareMedium → MetroCard ⓘ
Pelham Line → fareMedium → MetroCard ⓘ
this entity surface form: MetroCard (legacy, being phased out)
Q → fareMedium → MetroCard ⓘ
R train → fareMedium → MetroCard ⓘ
S → fareMedium → MetroCard ⓘ
W train → fareMedium → MetroCard ⓘ
2 train → fareMediumAccepted → MetroCard ⓘ
F train → fareMediumAccepted → MetroCard ⓘ
R → fareMediumAccepted → MetroCard ⓘ
subject surface form: R (New York City Subway service)
W → farePayment → MetroCard ⓘ
5 train → farePaymentMethod → MetroCard ⓘ
D train → farePaymentMethod → MetroCard ⓘ
New York City Subway → fareSystem → MetroCard ⓘ
New York City Subway → fareSystem → MetroCard ⓘ
this entity surface form: OMNY
MetroCard → hasType → MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard
MetroCard → hasType → MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unlimited Ride MetroCard
MetroCard → hasType → MetroCard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 7-Day Unlimited MetroCard