Reduced Fares for Senior Citizens

If you're a senior citizen, you can enjoy greater traveling freedom and lower fares. When you ride with NJ TRANSIT, you can save one-half or more of the regular one-way fare.

Customers age 62 and older, (65 years of age for travel to/from Metro-North stations) and customers with disabilities can travel on NJ TRANSIT trains, buses, and light rail vehicles at a reduced fare of half the regular one-way fare.

How To Ride For Less

Purchase your ticket using the NJ TRANSIT Mobile App or at any Ticket Vending Machine by selecting “Senior/Passenger with Disability” ticket type or by showing your valid ID at a Ticket Office, to the bus operator, light rail vehicle operator or train conductor with the appropriate fare.

Senior citizens present your valid ID for travel at the reduced fare. Allowable IDs for senior citizens 62 and older include any ID or document printed with your date of birth and issued by a government, social service, or mass transportation agency. 

This includes an NJ TRANSIT Reduced Fare ID; Medicare Card; Driver's License; Passport; Birth Certificate; State-Issued Non-Driver's ID; County, Medicaid, or Military ID; MTA Reduced Fare Card; PATH Senior Fare Card; or PA Senior Citizen Transit ID or PACE Card. 

On interstate private buses (most buses not marked NJ TRANSIT), you must also present a Reduced Fare Coupon each time you ride.

Learn more about the Reduced Fare program and how to apply for a NJ TRANSIT Reduced Fare ID.

Seniors Traveling to or from Metro-North Stations in New York

When traveling to or from a Metro-North station on the Port Jervis Line, Metro-North fare policies apply. Metro-North reduced fares are offered to senior citizens age 65 and older, with proper identification. For more information, call Metro-North at (212) 532-4900.

Senior Citizens 65 and older traveling to or from Metro-North stations may be asked to present a valid ID (any ID or document printed with your date of birth and issued by a government, social service, or mass transportation agency) to obtain the reduced fare. Valid ID also includes the MTA Reduced Fare Card; PA Senior Citizen Transit ID or PACE Card; PATH Senior Fare Card; or Medicare Card. Passengers with disabilities must present an NJ TRANSIT Reduced Fare ID or Medicare Card to obtain the reduced fare.

Please contact each bus company directly for specific information on any of its services.