The MTA retired the cards on Dec. 31, 2025 to make way for its new tap-and-go payment system Existing MetroCards will still be accepted in 2026, though it is unclear for how long New York City ...

It's now $3 to ride the New York City subway ... and $3,000 for a MetroCard? The calendar's turn to 2026 meant the discontinuation of the decades-old NYC MetroCard, as the city moved to a strictly tap ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will be retiring the MetroCard after three decades of service. After Wednesday, Dec. 31, straphangers will not be able to buy or refill ...

The MetroCard remains the hottest ticket in town for thousands of people who work at JFK Airport. The MTA stopped selling the vinyl swipe cards at the start of the year, replacing them with its new ...

One of New York City’s most iconic transit staples is about to be phased out. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will stop selling and distributing MetroCards on Wednesday, Dec. 31, officially ...

Plastic New York City MetroCards that used to cost $1 are now being sold on eBay for thousands of dollars, just days after the cards were discontinued. The blue and yellow cards that previously got ...

On a chilly December morning, I descended a flight of stairs and entered the New York Transit Museum. Housed in a decommissioned subway station in downtown Brooklyn, the museum was packed with ...

The MetroCard, New York City’s finicky transit fare payment system, died on Thursday after years on life support. It was 34. The MetroCard’s parent, the MTA, spent eight years slowly killing it, with ...

The transit cards can fetch up to $5,000 on the e-commerce site New York City's newly-discontinued MetroCards can now fetch up to $5,000 on eBay The MTA retired the cards on Dec. 31, 2025 to make way ...

New York City MetroCards that once cost pennies are now going for some hefty prices on eBay. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) discontinued the use of MetroCards for access to the city's ...