Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) customers will be able to use debit and credit cards to purchase fares at fare booths beginning New Year's Day, 2015.
TTC Chair Josh Colle, TTC CEO Andy Byford, and newly elected Toronto Mayor John Tory announced Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, that TTC is also evaluating a wave-and-pay option for a single cash fare at all collector booths, perhaps making its debutin later in 2015.
Customers will now be able to purchase 10 or more tokens or tickets, as well as any Metropass or Day Pass, at the TTC's 69 subway and Scarborough rapid transit stations using a debit or credit card. A new point-of-sale system was added and tested this year to ensure inventory control and reconciliation, with operation in place already at the majority of TTC stations.
TTC added debit and credit capabilities for Metropass purchases only at all of its stations in late 2012.
TTC plans to phase out use of tokens, tickets, and Metropasses.