Go transit now easier for fulltime u of t students a. Even though children ride free, a child presto card allows the child to pass. The subway system is linked with buses and streetcars to get you around toronto on one fare, provided its a oneway trip with no stopovers. Presto system coming to all ttc streetcars this year the. Take a look at all other student discounts from this list.
Upon receipt of the approved go transit student id please visit any go transit ticket counter or select customer service outlets to set the student rate on your presto card. Hi, we are a couple visiting toronto for 3 days coming in at pearson airport and leaving to ottawa by via train. You can fly anywhere within canada or between canada and the u. Would all family members need individual cards or one card can be filled and used by all. Ttc moves toward higher fares for rush hour riders the star. A valid presto card and goapproved student id is required. Buying presto card at toronto pearson airport toronto. Valid government issued photo identification must be shown in order to set a youth, postsecondary student or senior discount on a presto card. The presto card stylized as presto is a contactless smart card automated fare collection system used on participating public transit systems in the province of ontario, canada, specifically in greater toronto, hamilton, and ottawa.
You can load your presto card using the presto app, at shoppers drug mart. Depending on what classes i have, there are some items that i need to bring, like specific texts or textbooks. Latvian composer eriks esenvalds talks to david about his. I know i can order the card online, but it says that i then have to take it. The ttc board has endorsed a policy that would require kids as young as 6 to carry presto cards. Visit a customer service outlet at one of the other transit agencies that use presto. At each one sits a row of bikes, each releasable by. Go to any presto booth union has many, or the office at your go station, ie. Monthly passes for the next month are available for purchase starting on the 18th of. Toronto tourism toronto hotels toronto guest house toronto holiday homes toronto holiday packages toronto flights toronto restaurants toronto attractions toronto shopping. Please note that it may take up to 24 hours for your card to be set to your discount status. Kids from 6 to 12 should have presto card to ride transit for free, ttc. Transfers are valid for 2 hours from the time of your first tap.
Will a presto card get us from peason airport to niagara. The ttc is urging parents to purchase presto cards for children between age six and 12, so their kids can continue riding the subway, streetcar. Greyhound canada is offering discounts of up to 45% on student fares to and from select universities. Struggling students want rent relief during covid19 pandemic. The ttc logged 620 complaints about presto in 2016.
Transit and the ttc, increasing the convenience of presto when travelling to. Telephone 18773786123 follow options 711 for tty immediately monday to friday, 6 a. The go station is not walking distance, youll have to take a taxi. At a meeting monday, ttc commissioners voted to approve a. It works across all local transport facilities in toronto, helping people travel without using tickets, tokens, passes or cash. Buying presto card at toronto pearson airport toronto forum. Receive up to 50% off online books with a valid spc card cheapoair. You can use presto cards for child, student, senior fares. If your card is registered, your money is protected. Durham region transit though in the past, all go bus routes serving durham region were integrated with drt, since the launch of drt pulse only the routes not covered by. The grocery stores below have a history of available student discounts. Please note that ttc metropasses are being discontinued late 2017. If you take any type of transit, youll be excited to know that a drugstore in ontario will now be able to sell or topup your presto card.
The presto fare system has been plagued with issues in toronto, including malfunctioning topup machines and faulty card readers. Students can receive a reloadable presto card that enables them to save 22. A history of fares on the ttc transit toronto content. Full implementation began in november 2009 and it was rolled out. An isic membership card or official student id is required to receive a 10% discount on adult fares. The library gives you access to online magazines, books, audiobooks, movies, events, and. Seneca students are able to register for a go transit student discount card. Between toronto and our neighbouring university city, hamilton, there is supposedly a 212. Replacement cards may take up to 10 business days to be delivered and need to be activated online. Presto, of course, is the technology often referred to as a smart card that lets users store cash value on a card and deduct the fare with a quick tap. The government of canada has eliminated the public transit tax credit as of june 2017, following the publication of this news story. Nov 27, 2017 if a rule can be cruelly enforced, it will be.
Hi i plan to stay in chestnut street, downtown toronto. You also must set up your presto card for student fares. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. The ultimate guide to student discounts across canada etcetera. You can have your presto card set to a youth, postsecondary student or senior card at. If you take the same go trip each time you travel within a calendar month, your go fare will be. Monthly passes may be purchased using the yrt pay app or presto card. Graduate admissions continuing education book a tour libraries york.
Sixyearold year old harper, who penned a book on the novel. The benefits of using the presto card for students. Presto card readers were implemented on a trial basis from june 25, 2007, to september 30, 2008. Jun 22, 2015 toronto s transit agency is promising to have the presto fare card across the system by the end of next year, and will stop accepting tickets and tokens within months of that milestone. Yes, presto will get you close to the niagara falls tourist area. For more information on passes or schedules, the go transit information line can be reached tollfree at 1 888 get on go 4386646. This number may or may not be an exaggeration, but the cost of living in toronto is undoubtedly more expensive. In the fall of 2014, metrolinx and the ttc added presto card machines in several more toronto subway stations. Up to 45% off fares between select university campuses, 10% off adult fares with a valid student id, and 25% off adult fare with an isic card. Go transit student identification card application process. If a rule can be cruelly enforced, it will be the star. To get a student youth or senior card, visit one of our customer service outlets. To get a library card, you will need to visit any library branch with valid and current name and address identification.
Getting a presto card will be handy if you are planning to take the toronto transit ttc to get around. You must have your ttc postsecondary photo identification card to set your postsecondary student fare type on your presto card and carry it with you when travelling on the ttc. A presto unit very similar to this one will be used for fare payment by transit users. Dont miss out on these deals that you can get with your uoft student card food. About presto the presto card is a contactless brilliant card toll installment framework utilized on partaking open travel frameworks in the territory of ontario, canada, particularly in greater toronto, hamilton, and ottawa. Presto card per users were trialed from june 25, 2007, to september 30, 2008. I dont need it as i dont travel by transit for work anymore. With this transfer, you can hop on and off the system and switch directions at any point in your journey. Getting around torontos an accessible city bike, walk, streetcar, subway there are lots of ways to get to where you need to go. How i made over 100 pounds disappear and other magical tales book. Another way to use public transportation is by having a presto card. See more information from the ccsai on getting student discounts while using public transit. If your journey ends in york region, you must exit by the front door and pay the additional fare with your presto card, cash or a yrt fare product.
It holds more than 16,000 exotic specimens of freshwater and sea life from at least 450 species. Student id getting to school trip planning go transit. Ill also bring my tablet to some classes where i like to add handwritten notes, like my biochemistry class. One possibility is to have a singleuse presto card dispenser on board the vehicles. A new agreement between the university of toronto and metrolinx operators of go transit will make it possible for fulltime u of t students to obtain a go transit student id which allows holders to purchase a student monthly pass, tenride student ticket or a presto card. We want to make use of the presto card for travelling from airport to downtown. Currently go transit offers a discounted double fare ddf with the ttc.
To pay a seniorstudent fare, you will need to set this concession on your presto card. You can now use presto cards to pay your fare on all go transit buses when you board a go bus, tap your card onto to the presto fare payment device near the driver. This provincial development is a pilot project between shoppers drug mart and metrolinx, and commuters will have the convenience to manage their presto card at select shoppers drug mart locations in toronto. Please note that monthly passes are available for purchase starting on the 18th of the preceding month. If you order a new card while logged in to an existing account, the new card will automatically be registered to that account. Tap the presto payment device each time you board a bus.
If youre a college or university student, find out how going to school is easy on go. You can now use presto cards on go buses transit toronto. Metrolinx is warning people in toronto this week to be wary of anyone selling secondhand transit. This can be done at the customer service centre at davisville station, 1900 yonge street. Thats that simple process behind bike share toronto, which has dozens of current and future planned bikesharing stations set up across the city. If you board other vehicles within 2 hours your tap counts as a transfer. I would never ever evade paying a fare, as the fine. Should you add a ttc transit pass on your presto card. Like toothbrushes, sandwiches, passports and gum, a presto card should never be purchased used. Even though children ride free, a child presto card allows the child to pass through the fare gates at unstaffed subway entrances. Presto is an electronic payment system that eliminates the need for tickets, tokens, passes and cash.
The machine will validate your card, record the starting point of your trip and deduct the fare to the next zone on the route. In short, if youre eligible for the go transit student id through your school, youll be eligible for the discounted fare on the go system only. Up to 45% off fares between select university campuses, 10% off adult fares with a valid student id, and 10% off adult fare with an isic card. All presto cards are automatically set to deduct an adult fare. Nasacs student guide to a setac na meeting setac toronto. To get the discounted student fare, you must have a goapproved student id and a reloadable presto card. Sep 01, 2018 set up your presto card for student fares to save at least 17 per cent. On metrolinxs approval of using student universal transit. The toronto transit commission is crafting a faster presto implementation strategy that would have the systems hardware installed on all streetcars in 2015 and the rest of the ttc by the end of. Users who register for a my presto account can claim the cost of eligible transit trips. System builder of presto fare card had poor track record open this photo in gallery. Customers who require the kneeling ramp, or have other accessibility needs, should wait at the front door of the bus and the operator will open the door and deploy the ramp. When you tap your presto card on a fare payment device, the electronic chip. Frequently asked questions current students george brown.
The toronto transit commission is the quick, convenient and safe way to get around toronto. System builder of presto fare card had poor track record. Travel free after 37 single fare rides in same calendar month. A division of metrolinx, go transit is the regional public transit service for the greater toronto and hamilton area. Ttc adequate for first time in 40 years the beaverton. Your go fare is deducted from your presto card each time you travel. But if you plan on using ttc services more than 66 times within a month, a metropass is still the better option. Can anyone help with the nearest presto customer service centre to buy a presto card.
Cost to living in toronto for international students tsom blog. When you get on a ttc bus in york region you can use your presto card to pay your yrt fare. Postsecondary students, seniors, youths and children. Postsecondary school students without a current 10ride ticket or monthly pass may show their valid go transit student id to take advantage of this offer. The toronto transit commission is considering removing all child cards from circulation after the transit agency reported. Get a presto card from vending machines in stations or at the up express counter in the airport.
Fourteen of the 69 ttc stations currently have presto card readers. Also learn how to get a student id to use with your presto card. During the winter you have to take the go train to burlington station, then transfer to a go bus. The ultimate guide to student discounts across canada. Presto works across local transit in the greater toronto and hamilton area gtha and ottawa, making paying for your trip simple, convenient and secure. When you board a ttc bus in toronto you can use your presto card to pay your ttc fare. I keep funds on a presto card, and have a jar filled with spare change for transit in the case that presto is flunked with an issue or outage. Valid government issued identification needs to be shown in order to set a youth or senior fare type.
Follow the prompts on the presto website to transfer your information to your new card. Yes, you can purchase a presto card at the pearson airport up express counter, using any major credit card visa, mastercard and american express or cash in us and canadian currency, and preload it with your train fare. Ttc considers scrapping child presto cards after widespread. Air canada offers the student pass, which is a prepaid package of four or six oneway flight credits for one student. Accessible transit the toronto transit commission also offers wheeltrans and york region transits yrt mobility onrequest offer doortodoor accessible transit service for eligible persons. Set up your presto card for student fares to save at least 17 per cent. Presto card for students id like to get a presto card for a high school student. Toronto sources report that on saturday morning a presto gate at the ttcs ossington station worked one time, allowing a single passenger to pay their fare and enter the subway system. All of it adds up, which is why postsecondary students get up to 22. The go transit student fares page lists the details needed for the go portion of your journey, and. If you already have a presto card, youll receive 8% off the adult presto fare.
A postsecondary monthly pass is available on presto. Children, students and seniors can now use presto cards to pay their fares and receive the usual discount fare for traveling on go transit trains, burlington transit buses and probably oakville transit buses if youre a fulltime student, years of age or older, you can get a fare discount with presto. The italian soprano, who was widely recognised as one of the finest verdi and puccini singers of the twentieth century, has died aged 84. Im a ttc fare evader everything toronto now magazine. The ttc is the last transit system in the toronto region that hasnt fully signed onto presto. If you pay your fare from the balance on your presto card you can take advantage of the ttcs twohour transfer. Can presto card be used if i go to niagara falls from. Jul 01, 2017 finally, on november 28, 2012, ttc chairman karen stintz and ceo andy byford signed a master agreement with metrolinx, committing the the ttc to the presto card system, with funds made available. For some transit services, like go transit, up express and ttc buses that cross. Getting around toronto s an accessible city bike, walk, streetcar, subway there are lots of ways to get to where you need to go.
Scotiabank will be giving 20,000 free presto cards to fans. Using the presto card on the ttc, a cardholder can pay adult single fares with the option of lower concessionary fares for senior, fair pass, postsecondary student, youth, or child riders. You can now buy and top up presto cards at 10 shoppers. After youve bought your your card and registered it online at prestocard. Won a presto card with a 500 dollar balance from work. Students can receive a reloadable presto card that enables them to save 18% off their first 30 rides, 95% the next 10 rides, and 100% off the succeeding rides. The presto card seamlessly links 11 transit agencies and their fare policies, making it even easier for people to travel in the greater toronto, hamilton and ottawa areas. Torontos growing network of cycle routes the nicest being along the waterfront. May 06, 2020 ripleys aquarium toronto is located in downtown toronto and has 5. The type of student id you need depends on whether youre going to elementary, high, or postsecondary school.
Toronto bragging that it had been two whole days since they had to use shuttle buses, authorities report that for the first time since the late 20th century, torontos mass transit system has the capacity to reliably handle the citys transportation needs. Load the card with money and tap card to use for all public transit in toronto, and for railbus lines outside of the city including to niagara falls. Mar 21, 2020 presto card and presto ticket customers should pay their fare when they board the bus through the rear doors. To be eligible for a free library card you need to. Jan 09, 2017 i keep funds on a presto card, and have a jar filled with spare change for transit in the case that presto is flunked with an issue or outage. Advantages and disadvantages of presto card 1527 words. I couldnt believe it, the lady just tapped her card and the gate opened said harriet okafor, who witnessed the miraculous event. A student id will save you 10 per cent and an isic card will save you 25 per cent on a regular adult fare. Deals you can get with your uoft student card gradlife.
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