September 2, 2016

As of today, 1,000 of the TTC’s 1,900 buses now have PRESTO readers. By the end of 2016, all buses, including Wheel-Trans vehicles and contracted accessible taxis, and at least one entrance at all subway stations will have PRESTO readers. All streetcars have had PRESTO since the end of 2015.

Customers who travel on the following bus routes can now board these buses by tapping a PRESTO card:

192 Airport Rocket

117 Alness

99 Arrow Rd

5 Avenue Rd

61 Avenue Rd North

7 Bathurst

160 Bathurst North

310 Bathurst

11 Bayview

28 Bayview South

49 Bloor West

50 Burnhamthorpe

120 Calvington

42 Cummer

108 Downsview

101 Downsview Park

125 Drewry

29 Dufferin

105 Dufferin North

329 Dufferin

111 East Mall

15 Evans

315 Evans-Brown’s Line

193 Exhibition Rocket

104 Faywood

36 Finch West

33 Forest Hill

122 Graydon Hall

191 Highway 27 Rocket

169 Huntingwood

37 Islington

337 Islington

110 Islington South

335 Jane

195 Jane Rocket

40 Junction

107 Keele North

44 Kipling South

188 Kipling South Rocket

45 Kipling

30 Lampton

162 Lawrence-Donway

56 Leaside

51 Leslie

59 Maple Leaf

46 Martin Grove

74 Mt Pleasant

103 Mt Pleasant North

66 Prince Edward

80 Queensway

109 Ranee

48 Rathburn

82 Rosedale

73 Royal York

76 Royal York South

84 Sheppard West

384 Sheppard West

75 Sherbourne

123 Shorncliffe

60 Steeles West

115 Silver Hills

88 South Leaside

78 St Andrews

124 Sunnybrook

168 Symington

118 Thistle Down

119 Torbarrie

10 Van Horne

90 Vaughan

165 Weston Rd North

112 West Mall

98 Willowdale-Senlac

96 Wilson

396 Wilson

186 Wilson Rocket

97 Yonge

196 York University Rocket

In addition to card readers being installed on buses, PRESTO continues to arrive at more subway stations. Thirty-two stations now have PRESTO, six of which also have new fare gates.

PRESTO is a good option for adult customers who currently pay with tokens, or cash and use PRESTO-enabled subway stations and/or travel by streetcar or on bus routes that have PRESTO.

While PRESTO may be the right option for customers traveling on routes with PRESTO, those planning on using a bus on a route without PRESTO, or entering a subway station that does not yet have PRESTO, will still need to carry tokens or cash.

During this transition, TTC customers are advised that if a bus or streetcar shows up and the PRESTO readers are out of service, they may still board, however they are asked to tap their card at their next point of entry into the system. If a bus arrives with no PRESTO readers, customers must pay by token, ticket or cash.

As well, the transition of Metropasses and other pass products to PRESTO will begin in mid-2017 when pass products become available. Other priorities for the PRESTO roll-out in 2017 include completing the installation of the new paddle-style fare gates, including accessible fare gates, at all subway station entrances; phasing out tokens and tickets; introducing concession fare products; and the introduction of a new subway station customer service model where collector booths will be closed and customer service agents will be in the station to assist customers with their travel needs, including PRESTO fare information and providing information or helping customers navigate the TTC and city.

While the TTC and PRESTO work to expand the locations when one can purchase a PRESO card , cards can be purchased and/or re-loaded in the following ways today:

Online - prestocard.ca Customers can also set up an auto-load agreement so their card always has money available

- prestocard.ca Customers can also set up an auto-load agreement so their card always has money available Telephone – 1-877-378-6123 (follow options 7-1-1 for TTY) or 1-877-855-0511.

– 1-877-378-6123 (follow options 7-1-1 for TTY) or 1-877-855-0511. Gateway Newstands (adult pre-loaded e-purse PRESTO cards - purchase only) – Bathurst, Broadview, Bloor-Yonge, Dundas and Spadina subway stations.

– Bathurst, Broadview, Bloor-Yonge, Dundas and Spadina subway stations. TTC Customer Service Centre – Davisville Station, 1900 Yonge Street - Senior and student concessions can be added at the TTC’s Customer Service Centre.

– Davisville Station, 1900 Yonge Street - Senior and student concessions can be added at the TTC’s Customer Service Centre. Self-Serve Reload Machine (re-load only) – Available at 24 TTC subway stations.



To learn more about PRESTO on the TTC visit ttc.ca/presto.

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