Public transit payment system in the New York City area
OMNY
Long name
One Metro New York
Location
New York metropolitan area
Launched
May 31, 2019
Predecessor
MetroCard
Technology
Near-field communication (NFC)
Contactless payment
Generation
First
Operator
Cubic Transportation Systems
Manager
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Currency
USD ($1 minimum load)
Stored-value
$1–300
Credit expiry
7 years
Auto recharge
Yes
Unlimited use
Yes
Validity
MTA bus routes
New York City Subway
Staten Island Railway
Roosevelt Island Tram
Airtrain JFK
Hudson Rail Link
Variants
Reduced-Fare
Website
omny.info
OMNY (/ˈɒmni/OM-nee, short for One Metro New York) is a contactless fare payment system, currently being implemented for use on public transit in the New York metropolitan area. OMNY can currently be used to pay fares at all New York City Subway and Staten Island Railway stations, on all MTA buses, AirTrain JFK, Metro North's Hudson Rail Link, and on the Roosevelt Island Tram; when completely rolled out, it will also replace the MetroCard on Bee-Line buses, and NICE buses. OMNY will also expand beyond the current scope of the MetroCard to include the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad.
The MetroCard, a magnetic stripe card, was first introduced in 1993 and was used to pay fares on MTA subways and buses, as well as on other networks such as the PATH train. Two limited contactless-payment trials were conducted around the New York City area in 2006 and in 2010. However, formal planning for a full replacement of the MetroCard did not start until 2016.
The OMNY system is designed by Cubic Transportation Systems, using technology licensed from Transport for London's Oyster card. The system accepts payments through contactless bank cards and mobile payments as well as physical OMNY cards. OMNY began its public rollout in May 2019, with the first readers installed at select subway stations and on buses in Staten Island. The Staten Island Railway received OMNY readers in December 2019, and rollout on the New York City Subway and on MTA buses was completed on December 31, 2020.
The MTA began offering OMNY contactless cards on October 1, 2021, and introduced fare capping on February 28, 2022. Reduced-fare customers were allowed to use OMNY starting in June 2022
using their own debit or credit cards which must be registered with OMNY. Reduced Fare OMNY cards are expected to be issued in late 2023. Full deployment to other New York City-area transit systems had been expected by 2023 but has been delayed. The phasing out of the MetroCard—originally expected in 2023—has been delayed indefinitely.[1]
^Brachfeld, Ben (April 24, 2023). "OMNY machines rolling out at subway stations this summer as phase-out of MetroCard delayed indefinitely | amNewYork". www.amny.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
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