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Customer Information
Travel Information Center: (516)228-4000
Hearing and Speech Impaired: TTY (516) 228-4002
Monday–Friday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm

Wheelchair Customers
All LI Bus routes operate with wheelchair lift-equipped buses, and we are committed to this important service capability. An aide traveling with and assisting a wheelchair customer may also ride at half-fare without an identification card. For individuals requiring paratransit services, please contact Able-Ride at (516) 228-4000.

Guide and Service Animals
Customers with visual, hearing or physical impairments may bring their guide or service animals on LI Bus buses. These animals must be securely leashed for the safety of all customers.

Customers’ Letters Count
Your letters and comments are important to LI Bus. Please send correspondence to:
MTA Long Island Bus
Customer Services
700 Commercial Avenue
Garden City, New York 11530

Please do not eat, drink or smoke on the bus.

Your safety is our top priority. Please remember to hold onto handrails, walk carefully and watch your step getting on and off the bus.
LI Bus cannot assume responsibility for any delays or printing errors. Schedules are subject to change without notice.

Fare Information
Exact fare is required and may be paid in coins, MetroCard or a combination of MetroCard and coins.

Senior Citizen & Disabled Half Fare
Senior citizens age 60 and over, disabled persons and Medicare card holders pay a
reduced fare with proper ID. Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) traveling with eligible disabled customers ride at no charge. Senior citizens and disabled customers with a Reduced-Fare MetroCard receive half fare benefits and free transfers on LI Bus.

Transfers
MetroCard permits free transfers on up to two connecting LI Bus routes, NYC Transit buses and subways, and most NYC private buses. Customers paying with coins may purchase a paper transfer. Paper transfers
are accepted on up to two connecting LI Bus, HART or Suffolk County Transit routes traveling in the same general direction. Transfers are valid for two hours. See transfer information on timetable for connecting routes.

Student & Child Fare
Students with a LI Bus student ID issued by their school pay a reduced cash fare of $1.80. Transfers are $0.25. Children under 44" tall ride free with adult; limit three children per adult. Children above 44" pay one-way fare.

Cash Fare
Adult
Senior/Disabled
Regular MetroCard
Adult
Senior/Diabled
One-way
$2.00
$1.00
One-way
$2.00
$1.00
One-way w/transfer
$2.25
$1.10
One-way w/transfer
$2.00
$1.00
Unexpired Unlimited Ride MetroCard and Fun Pass are accepted.
Buying MetroCard

You can buy or refill a regular Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard, or buy an Unlimited Ride MetroCard, the $7 MetroCard Fun Pass, or the Single Ride ticket from the MetroCard Vending Machines located at the Hempstead Transit Center and at any NYC Transit subway station. You can also add money or time to Reduced-Fare MetroCards. Regular MetroCards are also sold at LIRR stations. Many of the more than 3,300 neighborhood MetroCard merchants also carry a selection of MetroCards.

For more MetroCard information, including a complete list of the sales locations near you, call:
(800) METROCARD (outside NYC) or (212) METROCARD (within NYC).

Unlimited Rides or Regular MetroCard? Know which way to go...
7-Day MetroCard
Unlimited Rides for any 7-Day period
30-Day MetroCard
Unlimited Rides for any 30-Day period
Cost $24
$12 w/ Reduced-Fare MetroCard
Cost $76
$38 w/ Reduced-Fare MetroCard
Number of Rides Unlimited in 7-day period Number of Rides Unlimited in 30-day period
Life of Card Good until Midnight, 7day from the first day you use the card. Life of Card Good until Midnight, 30day from the first day you use the card.
Transfers All transfers at no charge Transfers All transfers at no charge

Regular MetroCard
Cost Put as much money on the card as you like from $4 to $80.
Benefits Pay for 5 rides and get 6 ($10 MetroCard). Pay for 10 rides and get 12 ($20 MetroCard). (Reduced-Fare customers get free rides when they put $10 or more on Reduced-Fare MetroCard).
Transfers You can transfer free from bus to subway, subway to bus or bus to bus at designed connection locations, if you do it within two hours of the time you pay your fare.
Holiday Bus Schedule
Holiday Schedule
New Year’s Day Sunday
President’s Day Saturday
Memorial Day Sunday
Independence Day Sunday
Labor Day Sunday
Thanksgiving Sunday
Christmas Sunday
LI Bus will operate regular service on all other days.
Travel Information Numbers
MTA Long Island Bus Travel Information Center (516) 228-4000
Hearing and Speech Impaired TTY (516) 228-4002
MTA Long Island Rail Road (516) 822-LIRR, (718) 217-LIRR
MTA New York City Transit (718) 330-1234
Suffolk County Transit (631) 852-5200

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