Half of all TTC buses now have PRESTO

September 02, 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
Telephone – 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.
TTC 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.