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North America's Busiest Commuter Trains Now Support Apple Pay

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New York governor Andrew Cuomo has announced the MTA eTix app for iPhone now supports Apple Pay, enabling commuters to conveniently and securely purchase tickets for New York City's Long Island Railroad and Metro-North Railroad trains.

As of this week, commuters can use Apple Pay to purchase one way, round trip, ten trip, weekly, and CityTickets tickets -- as well as monthly passes -- through the MTA eTix app, which can be used at all LIRR and Metro-North stations.

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Image Credit: Lionel via The New York Times​

"The New York commute just got that much easier thanks to Apple Pay in the MTA eTix app," said Apple Pay vice president Jennifer Bailey. "Now you can skip the line entirely to buy train tickets right on your iPhone."

MTA's Long Island Railroad, operating between Manhattan and the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island, is the busiest commuter train in North America, with an average weekday ridership of over 300,000 passengers.

MTA's Metro-North Railroad, operating between Manhattan and upstate New York, plus parts of southwestern Connecticut, is the second busiest commuter train in North America, with an average weekday ridership of over 285,000 passengers.

MTA eTix, free on the App Store [Direct Link], eliminates the need to stand in line to purchase tickets from a vending machine. Instead, your iPhone serves as your electronic ticket, which you activate before boarding a train.

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Now if only my local tavern supported Apple Pay. Then I wouldn't have to replace that "forgotten" debit card every 2 weeks.
 
I spent a weekend in London last month. Transport for London take contactless including Apple Pay on all busses, trains and river busses, you just tap and go, no messing about with tickets. At the end of the day they charge you the lowest rate for all the journeys you made.
 
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New York governor Andrew Cuomo has announced the MTA eTix app for iPhone now supports Apple Pay, enabling commuters to conveniently and securely purchase tickets for New York City's Long Island Railroad and Metro-North Railroad trains.

As of this week, commuters can use Apple Pay to purchase one way, round trip, ten trip, weekly, and CityTickets tickets -- as well as monthly passes -- through the MTA eTix app, which can be used at all LIRR and Metro-North stations.

MTA-LIRR.jpg

Image Credit: Lionel via The New York Times​

"The New York commute just got that much easier thanks to Apple Pay in the MTA eTix app," said Apple Pay vice president Jennifer Bailey. "Now you can skip the line entirely to buy train tickets right on your iPhone."

MTA's Long Island Railroad, operating between Manhattan and the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island, is the busiest commuter train in North America, with an average weekday ridership of over 300,000 passengers.

MTA's Metro-North Railroad, operating between Manhattan and upstate New York, plus parts of southwestern Connecticut, is the second busiest commuter train in North America, with an average weekday ridership of over 285,000 passengers.

MTA eTix, free on the App Store [Direct Link], eliminates the need to stand in line to purchase tickets from a vending machine. Instead, your iPhone serves as your electronic ticket, which you activate before boarding a train.

Article Link: North America's Busiest Commuter Trains Now Support Apple Pay
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Anyone use this app? Looks genius now if only the LIRR was in time
 
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puckhead193 said:
Anyone use this app? Looks genius now if only the LIRR was in time
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Yeah I used it 2 weekends ago. It saves your credit card info when you actually buy a ticket. You can't save a card without purchasing first.

The ticket, once activated, is only valid for 2 hours. So don't "Activate" it until you actually are on board or until the conductor gets to you. For security and anti-fraud purposes there's a QR Code and other marquee-like moving images on the screen as a way to validate the ticket.

They don't scan your phone though, they just look at it and keep walking.

It just sucks because I can't put my WageWorks Commuter Card into Wallet because WageWorks doesn't support it yet.
 
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newyorksole said:
Yeah I used it 2 weekends ago. It saves your credit card info when you actually buy a ticket. You can't save a card without purchasing first.
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Does the updated version still force you to store a credit card in your account? Kind of defeats the whole purpose of Apple Pay. The same stupidity was done in the Uber app. Even though it supports Apple Pay, you can't create an account without storing credit card information. :rolleyes:
 
newyorksole said:
Yeah I used it 2 weekends ago. It saves your credit card info when you actually buy a ticket. You can't save a card without purchasing first.

The ticket, once activated, is only valid for 2 hours. So don't "Activate" it until you actually are on board or until the conductor gets to you. For security and anti-fraud purposes there's a QR Code and other marquee-like moving images on the screen as a way to validate the ticket.

They don't scan your phone though, they just look at it and keep walking.

It just sucks because I can't put my WageWorks Commuter Card into Wallet because WageWorks doesn't support it yet.
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Hey, I have a question. The train I take most of the time doesn't take the ticket. I've been using paper tickets for now, because for that reason, I don't get my ticket taken. My worry with the mobile tickets is that you are "required" to activate your ticket before boarding. Is this true? Is there anything stopping you from activating it right as the conductor gets to you if you know he's gonna come to you? Cause I'd love to do this and do away with mobile but you know...
 
roboats said:
Hey, I have a question. The train I take most of the time doesn't take the ticket. I've been using paper tickets for now, because for that reason, I don't get my ticket taken. My worry with the mobile tickets is that you are "required" to activate your ticket before boarding. Is this true? Is there anything stopping you from activating it right as the conductor gets to you if you know he's gonna come to you? Cause I'd love to do this and do away with mobile but you know...
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So, are we understanding you correctly? You want advice on how to steal from the rest of us who pay our fares? Let me know if I am wrong and you aren't being a thief. Apologies in advance.
 
truthertech said:
So, are we understanding you correctly? You want advice on how to steal from the rest of us who pay our fares? Let me know if I am wrong and you aren't being a thief. Apologies in advance.
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No, I'm not being a theif if the conductor refuses to come around or collect tickets on my trip. Maybe one of the reasons this happens is cause I'm a student and I'm only taking the train from Mineola to Cold Spring Harbor. That's not stealing, stealing would be one of those ass holes who runs around the train and hides when they actually are collecting tickets... To be clear, I am not the one at fault, it's the conductor, therefore I'm not responsible for not paying.
 
roboats said:
Hey, I have a question. The train I take most of the time doesn't take the ticket. I've been using paper tickets for now, because for that reason, I don't get my ticket taken. My worry with the mobile tickets is that you are "required" to activate your ticket before boarding. Is this true? Is there anything stopping you from activating it right as the conductor gets to you if you know he's gonna come to you? Cause I'd love to do this and do away with mobile but you know...
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Yeah you can activate it whenever you want. You can definitely wait until the conductor gets to you before activating.
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Rigby said:
Does the updated version still force you to store a credit card in your account? Kind of defeats the whole purpose of Apple Pay. The same stupidity was done in the Uber app. Even though it supports Apple Pay, you can't create an account without storing credit card information. :rolleyes:
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Nah in that case you can just use ApplePay. I don't think it requires you to store a card, unlike Uber.
 
I'd like a commuter train that has the feature wherein it doesn't crash into the train station because it's overspeed.
 
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