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Ticket Vending Machines (TVM) allow travellers to purchase single fare tickets at terminals and vivastations throughout York Region. As of January 1, 2025, we will only accept exact cash payments at TVMs. Credit and debit cards will no longer be accepted as payment options at TVMs, however, you may continue to pay your fare using your credit or debit card at the PRESTO machines. For more information, please visit our Credit and Debit Card page.

On November 5, 2024,York Region Transit (YRT)e-tickets can be purchased through the PRESTO E-Tickets app. This allows travellers to purchase and use YRT e-tickets anywhere, anytime, through the convenience of their smartphones. The app is available in the App Store or Google Play.

E-tickets are a great option for occasional or group travellers with many benefits, including:

We are pleased to announce that York Region Transit has received $76 million from Canada’s Zero Emission Transit Fund to help increase our electric bus fleet.

This funding, in addition to the $136 million contribution from the Canada Infrastructure Bank and $177 million investment from York Region, brings the total budget for the Canada Infrastructure Bank Zero-emission bus program to $389 million.

The funding will help support YRT’s plan to:

• Add 180 electric buses to the fleet which will increase...

With PRESTO in Apple Wallet, you can tap to ride using your iPhone or Apple Watch!

Metrolinx is making it more convenient to choose transit by offering customers another way to pay their fare by tapping a digital version of the PRESTO card in Apple Wallet, on an iPhone or Apple Watch.

This new payment option is now available on York Region Transit (YRT), GO Transit, UP Express, Brampton Transit, Burlington Transit, Durham Region Transit, Hamilton Street Railway, MiWay (in Mississauga), Oakville...