Starting Monday, August 26, you can use your PRESTO fare card to pay the full double fare aboard TTC buses along the five downtown express bus routes:

141 Downtown / Mt Pleasant express;

express; 142 Downtown / Avenue Rd express;

express; 143 Downtown / Beach express;

express; 144 Downtown / Don Valley express; and

express; and 145 Downtown / Humber Bay express.

You no longer need to use cash, tickets or tokens with your card to pay the extra fare.

The TTC is no longer selling the downtown express bus sticker. The August sticker was the last one you could buy.

Also starting August 26, you can buy a TTC monthly downtown express pass or 12-month downtown express pass to load onto your PRESTO card, starting with the September pass period. These passes provide unlimited travel across the TTC, including along the five downtown express bus routes, each month. The passes for September are on sale until September 8.

*Make sure you have loaded enough funds onto your PRESTO card to cover the full double fare. *This also applies to regular TTC monthly passes and regular 12-month passes. Load funds onto your PRESTO card to cover the second portion of the fare or buy a TTC monthly downtown express pass or 12-month downtown express pass. If you haven’t loaded enough money onto your PRESTO card, you’ll have to pay the full double fare by cash, tickets or tokens.

If you have set up autorenew on your regular TTC monthly pPass or have a regular 12-month pass and wish to buy a TTC monthly downtown express pass or 12-month downtown express pass, you must cancel your autorenew agreement or regular 12-month Pass before August 23. You will not incur cancellation fees.