Fares

Fares

Scanning the Fare Validator is Now Required for Mobile Ticketing Customers 

Starting on Thursday, May 7, 2026, scanning the fare validator will be required for all mobile ticketing customers when boarding a Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) revenue vehicle.

Visual inspection of a phone display is no longer acceptable because fares are not acknowledged until the scanner has been successfully used.

This requirement is one step towards initiating GCRTA’s promise of bringing an account-based ticketing, fare capping, and smart card revenue program to our customers this summer.

We will continue to accept cash and traditional fare media (paper passes).

Daily Passes

Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT) $5.00
Senior/Disabled/Child $2.50
Student K-12 $4.25
Paratransit $7.00
Cleveland $5.00
Cleveland 2-Day $10.00
Cleveland 4-Day $20.00
* Unlimited rides until 3 a.m. the next day. (A 4-Day Pass used for the first time on Monday expires at 3 a.m. on Friday.) Cleveland Passes were designed for tourists, but anyone can buy them on-line.

Cash Fares

Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT)$2.50
Senior/Disabled/Child$1.25
Student K-12$1.75
Paratransit$2.75
If you are paying cash, you will have to pay full fare on each bus or train you ride, and you must have exact change. Operators do not make change.

5-Trip

Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT)
$12.50
Paratransit
$13.75
Senior/Disabled
$6.25
Student K-12
$8.75
A pre-printed 5-trip card is valid until the expiration date on the card, regardless of when the trips are used. A CSK-issued 5-trip card is good for six months from the date of purchase.

7-Day

Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT)$25.00
Senior/Disabled/Child$12.50
Paratransit$30.00

1-Trip

Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT)
$2.50
Senior/Disabled
$1.25
Paratransit
$2.75

2-Trip

Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT)
$5.00
Senior/Disabled
$2.50

Monthly

Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT)
$95.00
Senior/Disabled
$48.00
Paratransit
$110.00

Other Important Information

  • CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS can be used in ticket vending machines and kiosks at Red Line stations, HealthLine stations and the Customer Service Center at Tower City. On the bus, there are cash purchases only.
  • All Senior/Disabled cash fares, farecards and passes require passenger to show valid RTA Senior or Disabled ID (both of which include a photo), or a Medicare card, as well as a driver's license or other official photo ID.
  • All-Day Passes are available for purchase on all RTA vehicles at the farebox, ticket vending machines, and at retail agents.
  • Child fares apply to children age 6-12, when accompanied by a fare-paying adult. Children under age 6 ride free. In either case, a limit of three children per fare-paying adult applies.
  • Effective Aug. 14, 2016, ADA-certified Paratransit passengers must pay senior/disabled fare on fixed-route service.
  • Student farecards are for grades K-12.