CityTicket for travel within NYC on Metro-North and LIRR

CityTickets cost $5 during off-peak hours and $7 during peak hours. They are good for one-way travel that begins and ends within New York City. (LIRR riders can change trains at Jamaica as long as they continue their trips in the same direction.)

On LIRR, you can use CityTicket for trips within Zone 1 or between Zones 1 and 3. (See station list below for details.) On Metro-North, you can use CityTicket for trips between the Bronx and Manhattan.

A special Far Rockaway Ticket can be purchased at Far Rockaway station for travel between Far Rockaway and LIRR stations in Manhattan and Brooklyn for the same cost as a CityTicket.

You can buy a CityTicket at a ticket office, a ticket machine, or on the TrainTime app on your phone. Not all stations have ticket offices. All stations in New York City except for Mets-Willets Point have ticket machines.

On Metro-North, you cannot buy a CityTicket on board a train. On the LIRR, you can only buy a CityTicket on board if you are boarding at Mets-Willets Point or you are a senior citizen, a person with disabilities, or a Medicare recipient.

When purchasing your tickets at a ticket window or ticket machine, you will be asked for your starting point and destination. If your trip falls within the CityTicket area, you will have the option to purchase CityTicket.

Far Rockaway Ticket can be purchased at Far Rockaway Station or in TrainTime if you share your location with the app to confirm you are near the station.

• You can’t use a CityTicket for travel to or from Belmont Park, Elmont-UBS Arena, or Far Rockaway stations (because these trips travel through Nassau County). However, Far Rockaway Ticket can be purchased at Far Rockaway station for travel between Far Rockaway and other stations in New York City for the same cost as a CityTicket.

LIRR stations

Zone 1:

• Penn Station
• Grand Central
• Woodside
• Forest Hills
• Kew Gardens
• Atlantic Terminal
• Nostrand Avenue
• East New York
• Long Island City
• Hunterspoint Avenue
• Mets-Willets Point

Zone 3:

• Jamaica
• Hollis
• Queens Village
• St. Albans
• Locust Manor
• Laurelton
• Rosedale
• Flushing-Main Street
• Murray Hill
• Broadway
• Auburndale
• Bayside
• Douglaston
• Little Neck

The Far Rockaway Ticket can only be purchased at Far Rockaway station. It can be used for direct travel between Far Rockaway and stations in LIRR Zone 1, with some exceptions. 

• Far Rockaway Ticket cannot be purchased at other LIRR stations. 
• It can only be purchased in the TrainTime app if you share your location with the app to confirm you are near the station. 
• It can be purchased onboard a train only if you are a senior citizen or a person with a disability.

If the ticket window at a station is closed and the ticket machine isn’t working, pay the full fare when you board and get a receipt.

You can then apply by mail for a refund for the difference. Service charges will not apply.