How many swipes metrocard

Here's how you can use Pay-Per-Ride for the both of you. With Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard you can pay for up to four people at one time and all four can transfer together free. When you swipe or dip your MetroCard on the first mode of transportation you will need to swipe for each person traveling.

At your transfer point you will only need to swipe at a subway turnstile or dip on a bus farebox ONE TIME for you and your travel companions to enter into the subway system or board a bus. Note that the number of travel companions must remain the same for the transfer. Source: MTA. Do Not buy 1 Unlimited ride card for 2 people, it will not work. It is for 1 person and can not be used more than once per 18 minutes at the same station. If you are considering buying Unlimited Ride card buy 1 for each person.

This 18 minutes period on the same station is to forbid the use of this card by multiple people for the same trip, otherwise it does not matter if you take a return trip or transfer to some other line within those 18 minutes. An Unlimited Ride MetroCard cannot be used again at the same subway station or the same bus route for at least 18 minutes.

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