| Passenger Type |
1 Zone Ride |
2 Zone Ride |
3 Zone Ride |
4 Zone Ride |
| Adult |
$1.75 |
$2.05 |
$2.35 |
$2.65 |
Child (5-11 yrs.)
Senior Citizen
(65 and older),
Disabled & Medicare Recipients |
$.75 |
$.90 |
$1.05 |
$1.20 |
Note: On trips involving travel in more than one zone, the entire fare is paid when boarding a bus traveling toward downtown Buffalo (inbound). On trips traveling away from downtown Buffalo (outbound), only the one zone fare is paid when boarding the bus and the remainder is paid when you reach your destination.
Metro Rail is entirely in Zone 1, making standard fare $1.75
Children four years and under ride free with fare paying adult passenger (limit of three children per fare paying adult).
Ticket Options
|
Adult |
Senior Citizen, Child, Disabled & Medicare Recipients* |
All Zone Day Pass *
Good for unlimited rail/bus rides on the service day of purchase. (Service day is 4 a.m. to 2 a.m.) |
$4 |
$2 |
All Zone Weekend Pass *
Good for unlimited rail/bus rides on the weekend of purchase, Saturday through the end of Sunday service. |
$7 |
$3.50 |
One Zone Monthly Metro Pass **
Good for unlimited rail/bus rides during the month of issue, in the zones indicated on the face |
$64 |
$32 |
All Zone Monthly Metro Pass **
Good for unlimited rail/bus rides during the month of issue, in the zones indicated on the face |
$77 |
$38.50 |
One Zone 30 Day Pass **
Good for unlimited rail/bus rides for 30 days after issue, in the zones indicated on the face |
$64 |
$32 |
All Zone 30 Day Pass **
Good for unlimited rail/bus rides for 30 days after issue, in the zones indicated on the face |
$77 |
$38.50 |
| Single Zone PAL Pass (10 Trips) ** |
$29 |
|
| Single Zone PAL Pass (20 Trips) ** |
$58 |
|
| All Zone PAL Pass (10 Trips) ** |
$39.75 |
|
| All Zone PAL Pass (20 Trips) ** |
$79.50 |
|
* These fares are available from your bus operator or ticket vending machines.
** These fares are available at ticket vending machines, located in all Metro Rail stations, the Metropolitan Transportation Center in downtown Buffalo, the Portage Road Transportation Center and the Niagara Falls Transportation Center .
Vending Machines
Rail tickets and passes may be purchased from the vending machines at all stations. These machines accept Metro tokens, U.S. coins, $1, $5, or $10 bills, credit cards and debit cards.
Metro Monthly Passes are valid for unlimited riding in one calendar month. Metro
Passes are sold according to the zones in which they are valid. Regular boarding
or zone changes will apply when a Metro Monthly Pass is presented in zones outside
the zone for which the pass is valid. There are four zones in the Metro System. Every monthly Metro Pass comes with an Emergency Ride Home Guarantee.
| Validity |
Adult |
Senior Citizen, Disabled & Medicare Recipient* |
| One designated zone |
$64 |
$32 |
| All four zones |
$77 |
$38.50 |
Passes are available from the 24th of the month, to the 15th of the following month, at participating Tops, Dash's Market, Budwey's and Wilson Farms.
Tokens worth $1.75 each can be purchased from many area financial institutions and other sales outlets. When purchased in quantities of 10 or more, you pay only $1.60 per token. Click here for a list of places that sell tokens. The file is a .pdf
Some passengers may qualify for reduced fares. Click here for more information.
Saturday schedules are operated on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Sunday/holiday schedules are operated on New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day (July 4), Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
