CityTicket for travel within NYC on Metro-North and LIRR

CityTickets cost $5 and are good for one-way travel during off peak hours 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.) They are not valid on peak trains.

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.

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

You cannot buy a CityTicket onboard a train, unless you are boarding at Mets-Willets Point, or are a senior citizen or a person with a disability.

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.

You can’t use a CityTicket:

• For travel to or from Belmont Park, Elmont, or Far Rockaway stations (because these trips travel through Nassau County).

LIRR stations

Zone 1:

• Penn Station
• 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

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.