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How to: Pay for your fare. It's easy to pay your fare. On buses, you pay as you enter the bus. At train stations, you pay as you pass through the turnstiles before reaching the boarding area. General information: Fares. Getting a farecard or ticket.
- Ventra
Ventra is the name of our fare system. You can buy Ventra...
- Ventra
Ventra is the name of our fare system. You can buy Ventra Cards to store passes and fare value or disposable Ventra Tickets to ride CTA and Pace buses. Learn more. To learn more about our fares, where to buy fare and how to pay, see our Fares page; To learn more about Ventra, visit ventrachicago.com
Ventra works with mobile payments in Apple Pay and Google Pay. Pay-as-you-go using payment cards in Apple Pay and Google Pay without having to create a Transit Account. Or, with the new Ventra app, add a Ventra Card to Google Pay, iPhone or Apple Watch to pay for rides with transit value and passes
For Ventra Cards on Google Pay, iPhone or Apple Watch, the minimum value to provision a new card is $5, and there is no minimum charge to transfer an existing, plastic card to Google Pay or Apple Pay.
How much is the Ventra Card? There is a $5 purchase fee for the Ventra Card, which is returned to you as transit value upon registration within 90 days of purchase. The fee is waived if you order online or by phone (though a minimum value load or pass purchase is required), as you’re automatically registered.
HOW YOU WILL PAY UNDER VENTRA. Cash. Pay $2.25 on the bus for a single ride. One-day pass. Multiday passes, 3-, 7- or 30-day. Multiday CTA/Pace pass, 7-day or 30-day. Pay-per-use via reloadable...
New Ventra Cards cost $5, but this value is immediately refunded to your Transit Account if you register within 90 days (you can even do it on the spot at a station using the mobile-friendly ventrachicago.com).
