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December 30, 2025

New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares

  • Riders will now tap their credit card, phone or other smart device to pay their fare, much in the same way they do for other purchases.
    • By PHILIP MARCELO
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File [enlarge]
    The gold-and-blue swipeable card was introduced in 1994 to replace the subway token.

    NEW YORK — When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world's oldest and largest transit systems.


     
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