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NFTA-Metro | Serving the Niagara Region
Advanced Metro Trip Planner

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Routes & Fares

Routes

Schedules Effective
March 23, 2008
Through June 21, 2008

Erie County

Niagara County

Express

Special

  • 97 - Darien Lake

    • School Days Only

    Metrolink

    Metro Rail

    Trolley

    Fares

    Cash Fares

    Passenger 1 Zone Ride 2 Zone Ride 3 Zone Ride 4 Zone Ride
    Adult $1.50 $1.75 $2.00 $2.25
    Child (5-11 yrs.)
    Senior Citizen
    (65 and older),*
    Disabled* & Medicare    		 $0.65 $0.75 $0.85 $.95

    Note: On trips involving travel in more than one zone, the entire fare is paid when boarding a bus traveling toward downtown Buffalo (inbound). On trips traveling away from downtown Buffalo (outbound), only the one zone fare is paid when boarding the bus and the remainder is paid when you reach your destination.

    Metro Rail is entirely in Zone 1, making standard fare $1.50

    Children four years and under ride free with fare paying adult passenger (limit of three children per fare paying adult).

    Monthly Metro Passes

    Metro Passes are valid for unlimited riding in one calendar month. Metro Passes are sold according to the zones in which they are valid. Regular boarding or zone changes will apply when a Metro Pass is presented in zones outside the zone for which the pass is valid. There are four zones in the Metro System. Every monthly Metro Pass comes with an Emergency Ride Home Guarantee.

    Validity Adult Senior Citizen, Disabled & Medicare*
    One designated zone $55.00 $27.50
    All Four Zones $66.00 $33.00

    Passes are available from the 24th of the month, to the 15th of the following month, at participating Dash's Market, Martin's, Tops Markets and Wilson Farms.

    The fare media below are available from your bus operator or blue ticket vending machines.

    Ticket Option

    		 Adult Senior Citizen, Child, Disabled & Medicare*
    All Zone Day Pass
    Good for unlimited Rail/Bus rides on the service day of purchase.  (Service Day is 5 a.m. to 2 a.m.)     		$3.50 $1.75  
    All Zone Weekend Pass
    Good unlimited Rail/Bus rides on the weekend of purchase, 12 AM Saturday through the end of Sunday service     		$6.00 $3.00  

    Ticket Vending Machine Fares - Blue machines only

    Ticket Option Adult Senior Citizen, Disabled & Medicare*
    Monthly Metro Pass
    Good for unlimited Rail/Bus rides during the month of issue, in the zones indicated on the face
    		One Zone $55
    All Zone $66     		One Zone $27.50, All Zone $33  
    30 Day Pass
    Good for unlimited Rail/Bus rides for 30 days after issue, in the zones indicated on the face
    		One Zone $55
    All Zone $66     		One Zone $27.50, All Zone $33  

    Note: These fares are available at blue Ticket Vending Machines, located at the Metropolitan Transportation Center, downtown Buffalo and the Transportation Center in Niagara Falls.

    Transfers

    Type Adult Senior Citizen, Disabled & Medicare*
    Bus-to-Bus $0.30 $0.15

    Tokens

    Tokens worth $1.50 each can be purchased from many area financial institutions and other sales outlets. When purchased in quantities of 10 or more, you pay only $1.35 per token. (Click here for a list of places that sell tokens. The file is a .pdf)

    *Senior Citizens, Disabled, Medicare

    Some passengers may qualify for reduced fares. Click here for more information.

    Holiday Schedule

    Saturday schedules are operated on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Sunday/holiday schedules are operated on New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day (July 4), Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.