subway ticket

Underground rail fare

A subway ticket is a pass authorizing travel on an underground urban rail system.

In many cities, paper tickets have given way to reloadable cards or smartphone apps, but the term persists: I need to buy a subway ticket before we head downtown.

Also called a metro ticket in cities where the system goes by that name.

Related
  • fareTransport payment
  • metroUrban rail transit
  • tokenRepresentative placeholder
  • turnstileRotating single-passage barrier
  • swipeQuick sliding motion

pass · day pass · commute · rush hour · underground · platform · barrier · machine · vending · monthly · transfer · transit · card · tap · tap in · magnetic · gates · ride

Opposites
transit mode

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Prepaid boarding credential

train ticket · ferry ticket · taxi fare · car keys · bicycle

payment status

subway ticketfare evasion

Not paying transit cost

turnstile jumping · free ride

access permission

subway ticketno entry

Access not permitted

denied boarding · fare evasion · locked gate · access denied

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G