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SEPTA allows all children under the age of 12 to ride for free with a fare-paying adult. Children riding alone must pay regular fares. [61] SEPTA offers special fares for students in K–12 schools who ride SEPTA to get to school. The SEPTA Key Student Fare Card program provides students with a SEPTA Key card that can be used for up to 8 trips ...
The system was designed to keep most of SEPTA's existing fare collection practices in place. For example, the system can automatically detect if a rider is transferring from another route and charge the transfer fee instead of the full fare. The SEPTA Key Student Fare Card program provides K-12 students with a SEPTA Key card that can be used ...
Ever since SEPTA introduced the SEPTA Key card as its preferred mode of fare collection, efforts to integrate these two automated systems have been ongoing. The main technical challenge is that traditional Freedom Cards store balance value on the card itself, while Key cards rely on a centralized account-based system.
While a regular SEPTA fare is $2, cash customers pay $2.50 and don't get two free transfers. ... The city has also invested in the Key Advantage program, giving all city employees SEPTA Key cards, ...
With the release of SEPTA Key, a new type of Freedom card is now required to purchase a transfer to the SEPTA system. The cost of a transfer is $2 with this system and it is debited directly from an account based Freedom Card account, provided a new Freedom Share card is used, which is compatible with both PATCO Freedom and SEPTA Key card systems.
On weekdays between 5:15 am and 11:45 am, commuters can buy and/or reload a SEPTA Key Card to ride the train inside the station's ticket office, but on weekends and weekday afternoons, tickets must be purchased from the train conductor or Key Card Fares must be loaded on the SEPTA Key Website or at an Exit Fare Kiosk in Center City upon ...
The service connected with the Route 14 bus at Horizon Boulevard, the Route 56 bus at the Torresdale & Cottman Loop, and the Route 66 trackless trolley at the City Line Loop. Trips on SEPTA Owl Link were free with a SEPTA Key card. The SEPTA Owl Link service started on May 10, 2021, as a pilot program. The service ended on February 12, 2022. [84]
Pre-loaded SmartLink cards with 10 trips are available at all stations for $31.00 (10 trips at $2.60 each, plus a $5.00 card fee). However, MetroCard Vending Machines (MVMs) at all PATH stations are able to refill the SmartLink cards to a monetary amount equal to 1, 2, 4, 10, 20 and 40 trips as well as the daily or 30 day unlimited passes.