Where and how to buy tickets and passes

Where to buy
How to buy
Avoiding line-ups to buy tickets and passes

Where to buy

Tickets and passes are available from:

GO Train stations, GO Bus terminals, and GO Transit ticket agencies. See ticket sales hours at all GO locations.
GO Bus drivers (single-ride tickets, day passes, and group passes only)
Note: Passengers travelling on the Oshawa Hwy. 2 Express GO Bus service (route 95) are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance at a GO Train station, bus terminal, or ticket agency, rather than from bus drivers.
Automated ticket vending machines (single-ride tickets or day passes). These machines are found at most GO Train stations, and accept credit cards, debit cards, and coins*. Choose your station from a list of all GO locations to find out if it has a ticket vending machine.

*Machines at Clarkson, Long Branch, Mimico, and Bloor GO Stations do not accept cash

How to buy
You can pay for your tickets or passes with cash (Canadian or U.S.) or traveller’s cheques. If you’re buying your tickets or passes at a GO Train station, a ticket vending machine*, or at the Newmarket, Yorkdale, York Mills, or Union Station GO Bus Terminal, you can also pay with Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or debit card.

*Machines at Clarkson, Long Branch, Mimico, and Bloor GO Stations do not accept cash

Avoiding line-ups to buy tickets and passes
Here are three tips to make buying your tickets and passes easier:

1) Buy your monthly pass before month’s end. Monthly passes go on sale 10 days before the beginning of the month, and line-ups are generally much longer at the very end and very beginning of the month.

2) To avoid line-ups when buying your adult or student monthly pass, use GO’s Ticket Express form (pdf). Download, fill out, then print the form, and fax it to 416.601.0502 or drop it off at Union Station’s Customer Service Centre. Please allow two full business days to process your pass. Blank Ticket Express forms can also be picked up at Union Station’s Customer Service Centre.

3) Buy your tickets or passes at your home station or at your local GO Transit ticket agency instead of at Union Station. Make sure to check your home station’s ticket sales hours first. Check the list of stations, terminals, and ticket agencies to find out if there’s a ticket agency near you.

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