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System Rollout

We are in phase three of our four-phase rollout of the Total Access PATH Payment (TAPP) system. All phases of the rollout are listed on the TAPP homepage.

Phase 3 - Launch of TAPP Card and TAPP Vending Machines

December 2025

The TAPP Card is available for purchase from blue dispensers in every PATH station and online.

The TAPP Card can also be purchased from TAPP Vending Machines, which are being phased into stations.

A new TAPP Card costs $5.00. For a limited time only, you can get a $5.00 fare credit for registering your purchased TAPP Card. Fare credit is for travel on PATH.

 

Blue dispensers (one of these machines appears on the left in the photo below)

TAPP Vending Machines (two machines on the right in the photo below)

Blue Dispenser on left. Two TAPP Vending Machines on right.

 

Stations with blue dispensers and TAPP Vending Machines

  • Christopher St
  • Grove Street
  • Hoboken
  • Journal Square
  • Newark
  • World Trade Center
  • 33rd Street

Stations currently only with blue dispensers. TAPP Vending Machines are coming to these stations as the rollout moves forward

  • Harrison
  • Newport
  • Exchange Place
  • 9th Street
  • 14th Street
  • 23rd Street

(Last updated: January 13, 2026.)

 

Phase 4 - Ending the acceptance of SmartLink and MetroCard

TBD

PATH will provide advance notice, so SmartLink and MetroCard users have sufficient time to use balances on these fare media.