There is a number of ways you can purchase TTC Tickets, Tokens and Passes.

Collector Booths

Located at every subway station, this is where you can pay your fare, and purchase tickets, tokens and passes. Tickets, Tokens and Weekly Passes can be purchased by cash only.

  • Adult tokens are sold in multiples of five.
  • Senior/Student tickets are sold in multiples of five.
  • Child tickets are sold in multiples of ten.

Buying a monthly Metropass is now easier. Pay by debit card or credit card (Visa, Mastercard, or American Express) at selected locations:

  • Pay by debit card at Finch, Kennedy, Kipling and Downsview stations.
  • Pay by debit card or credit card at Union, Dundas (east side only), Bloor-Yonge (north side only), and Davisville stations.

Authorized TTC Fare Media Sellers

Tickets, tokens and passes are also available at over 1,200 Authorized TTC Fare Media Sellers in Toronto. For the locations of Authorized TTC Fare Media Sellers, call Customer Information at 416-393-INFO (4636) and select "0" for Operator Assisted Service - available from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, except statutory holidays.

Token Vending Machines

Token Vending Machines are available in many stations and dispense tokens in quantities of one, four, or eight. Token Vending Machines accept cash only.

Pass Vending Machines

All passes dispensed through the Pass Vending Machine do not have a validation sticker - passes are valid and ready to use.

By debit card only, the Pass Vending Machine (PVM) sells the Adult Metropass, the Senior/Student Metropass, the Adult Weekly Pass, the GTA Weekly Pass (select stations), and the Post-Secondary Student Metropass (select stations) at the following stations:

  • Bathurst
  • Bay
  • Bloor-Yonge
  • College
  • Don Mills
  • Dundas (Post-Secondary Student Metropass also available)
  • Eglinton
  • Finch (GTA Weekly Pass also available)
  • Islington (GTA Weekly Pass also available)
  • Kennedy
  • King
  • Kipling
  • Queen
  • Queen's Park (Post-Secondary Student Metropass also available)
  • Scarborough Centre (GTA Weekly Pass also available)
  • Sheppard-Yonge
  • St Clair 
  • St George (Post-Secondary Student Metropass also available)
  • St Patrick
  • Union (GTA Weekly Pass also available)

Airport Vending Machine

You can purchase single fare tickets at Toronto Pearson International Airport. There are two TTC ticket vending machines in Terminal 1, located at the Public Transit area of the Ground Transportation Level, just inside from where the TTC buses stop.

Use cash or major credit cards anytime of the day or night to purchase Adult, Senior/Student and Child tickets. Detach and deposit the ticket portion into the farebox on the bus - retain your receipt portion. Ask the Driver for a transfer if you are planning to continue your trip on another connecting TTC route.