page_title: Toronto Transit Commission fares
section_title: Purchasing Presto media
hierarchical_section_title: Toronto Transit Commission fares / Presto procedures / Purchasing Presto media
caption_attribution_description: English: Presto machines used at each TTC subway station in 2019. The machine on the right has numerous functions including selling Presto cards and Presto tickets as well as uploading money to a Presto card. The machine on the left can only upload money to a Presto card.
context_page_description: Fares to use the Toronto Transit Commission transit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, can be paid with various media. The price of fares varies according to the age, occupation, or income level of riders; children 12 years of age or under can ride on the TTC free of fare.
  For the payment of fares, the TTC principally uses Presto fare media, specifically Presto cards and Presto tickets, both of which use Presto readers to charge fares and validate transfers.
  Effective 1 December 2019, the TTC discontinued the sale of legacy fare media at its subway stations. Tokens and tickets may continue to be available for purchase at some third-party vendors. Cash, tokens, and senior, student and youth tickets are paid directly to the fare box located on all TTC buses and at staffed TTC subway station entrances. On streetcars, passengers paying by cash or tokens pay their fare at one of the two fare vending machines at the second and third doors of the vehicle; customers paying with senior, student or youth tickets use the TTC ticket validator box located beside the fare vending machines. The TTC has not yet set a date when it will stop accepting legacy fare media.
context_section_description: Presto cards can be purchased, or loaded with a balance, by the following means:
  Online from the Presto website (if the Presto customer has previously created a "My PRESTO account")
  Presto vending machines (typically at subway stations)
  Shoppers Drug Mart stores
  At the TTC Customer Service Centre above Davisville station
  Presto cards purchased from the Presto website or from Presto vending machines are set to the adult fare rates. For concessionary fares, a Presto cardholder must take their Presto card to either a Shoppers Drug Mart store or the TTC Customer Service Centre with appropriate ID to have the concession fare rate set. In the case of those eligible for the Fair Pass program, ODSP or Ontario Works case workers can grant approval of the discount for their clients.
  Presto tickets are sold at Presto vending machines at all subway stations. They are also sold at most Toronto Shoppers Drug Mart stores. A customer can purchase up to ten Presto tickets at a time from a Presto vending machine at subway stations. Presto tickets must be used within 90 days of purchase.
  Presto vending machines are also available at Toronto Pearson International Airport at each of Terminals 1 and 3, ground transportation level. These sell both Presto cards and Presto tickets.
  Presto cardholders can purchase and load a TTC monthly pass onto a card online, at a station vending machine, or at a Shoppers Drug Mart store. TTC 12-month passes can only be purchased and loaded onto a card online.
  Metrolinx granted Shoppers Drug Mart exclusive retailing rights to sell Presto fare media. As of June 2019, there were 136 Shoppers Drug Mart stores in Toronto selling Presto products. Presto has a mobile app that can be obtained through the Google Play or iOS App Store.
caption: The Presto vending machine on the right sells Presto cards and tickets. Both can also upload funds to a Presto card.
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "", "Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon PowerShot ELPH 130 IS", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "180", "Image YResolution": "180", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image DateTime": "2019:03:28 14:20:54", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "248", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 3, 0, 0]", "Image GPSInfo": "5038", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "180", "Thumbnail YResolution": "180", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "5620", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "5766", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/20", "EXIF FNumber": "7/2", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "800", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Standard Output Sensitivity and Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2019:03:28 14:20:54", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2019:03:28 14:20:54", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "3", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "69/16", "EXIF ApertureValue": "29/8", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "29/8", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "2051/250", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1600", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1200", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "Interoperability RelatedImageWidth": "1600", "Interoperability RelatedImageLength": "1200", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "4960", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "800000/121", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "600000/91", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "2", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF CameraOwnerName": ""}