page_title: Metrolinx
section_title: Presto
hierarchical_section_title: Metrolinx / Operating divisions / Presto
caption_attribution_description: English: The Presto card, fourth version.
context_page_description: Metrolinx is a Crown agency that manages and integrates road and public transport in the Canadian province of Ontario, specifically in the Golden Horseshoe region and Ottawa. Headquartered at Union Station in Toronto, the agency was created by the Government of Ontario as the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority on April 24, 2006. The agency adopted its present name as a brand name in 2007 and eventually as the legal name in 2009.
  The agency is responsible for the implementation and management of the Presto card, the electronic fare system used in all public transport systems in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, as well as on the OC Transpo in Ottawa. In 2009, Metrolinx took over GO Transit, the regional commuter rail and coach service network of the region. Metrolinx owns and operates the Union Pearson Express, the airport rail link connecting Toronto Pearson International Airport to Union Station. It is currently funding the construction of Line 5 Eglinton in Toronto.
context_section_description: The Presto card, originally known as the GTA Farecard, is a smartcard-based fare payment system for public transit systems in Ontario, including those in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and Ottawa. The Presto system is designed to support the use of one common farecard for fare payment on various public transit systems, through electronic readers that calculate the correct fare and deduct it from a preloaded balance.
  Presto will also centralize its operational logistics, such as farecard procurement, reporting services, and a customer call centre. The system was trialled from June 25, 2007 to September 30, 2008. Full implementation began in November 2009. It will be rolled out across the province in stages. Presto now serves over a million customers in the GTHA and Ottawa.
  By January 2017, Presto had been fully implemented on the following 11 transit systems:
  Brampton Transit
  Burlington Transit
  Durham Region Transit
  GO Transit
  Hamilton Street Railway
  MiWay
  Oakville Transit
  OC Transpo
  Toronto Transit Commission
  UP Express
  York Region Transit
caption: The Presto card allows seamless fare payment between different public transit agencies.
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