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PATH Website

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 TAPP Vending Machines in every PATH station, blue dispensers in every PATH station, and online

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.

 

(Last updated: January 27, 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.