Los Angeles Metro ticket machine
The ticket machines are located at all Metro Rail and G Line stations. Ticket machines sell new TAP cards and add cash values or passes onto existing TAP cards.
A TAP card is required for boarding all Metro Rail trains and Orange Line buses, even for one way rides. For riders without a TAP card can get a card ($1 card fee will be added) along with a fare from the ticket machine (see picture here and here).
Available fares:
- Regular one-ride fares (One-ride means each segment. A transfer from the green line to the blue line means two rides.)
- Senior or disabled one-ride fare
- Regular Day Pass
- 7-Day Pass
- 30-Day Pass
- Cash values
All passes begin on the day of first validation, not day of purchase.
Senior and disabled riders without a TAP card can get a regular TAP card from the machine and add one-way senior/disabled fare onto the card. Multi-ride passes require special senior and disabled TAP cards that are not issued from ticket machines.
After purchasing the TAP card, all riders need to validate the card at a reader or turnstile before boarding the train or bus. All B Line D Line and C Line stations have turnstiles, along with some stations on the other lines. Most A Line E Line L Line G Line stations have readers placed by the platform entrances instead of turnstiles. Riders without their cards validated are subject to citations.
Turnstiles
TAP readers at station entrances that don't have turnstiles
