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Metro Fares and Tickets
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Metro Fares
There are three main cash fares for travelling on Metro:
- £1.20 for travel within the Inner Zone (Child £0.60)
- £1.50 for travel in the City Zone and City Zone/Inner Zone (Child £0.75)
- £1.80 for travel beyond the City Zone (Child £0.90)
Multi-Journey (MJ) Smartlink fares offer considerable savings on cash fares. The Smartlink MJ Card can be loaded with a number of journeys from 5 to a maximum of 40 in multiples of 5 journeys (5, 10, 15, 20 etc). The card can hold a maximum of 50 journeys. Smartlink MJ Card journeys are valid for 3 months from when you first purchase the card. Then, each time you ‘top up’ your Smartlink MJ Card all valid unused journeys have their validity extended for a further 3 months.
Any journeys not used within 3 months of a top-up will be lost. The expiry date is shown on your ticket receipt each time you use your card on a bus.
When you buy your Smartlink MJ Card, you will pay a one off charge of £1.50 for the card.
The prices for a Smartlink MJ Card (first purchase and topping up) for adults and children are as follows:
N.B. All fares are subject to alteration. Inner Zone Cards can only be used to travel distances covered by the minimum cash fare.
| Adult | Children | |||
| First Purchase (inl. £1.50 for card) |
Top Up (no charge for card) |
First Purchase (incl. £1.50 for card) |
Top Up (no charge for card) | |
| 5 Journeys | ||||
| Inner Zone | £6.00 | £4.50 | £3.75 | £2.25 |
| City Zone | £7.00 | £5.50 | £4.25 | £2.75 |
| Extended Zone* | £8.25 | £6.75 | £4.87 | £3.37 |
| 10 Journeys | ||||
| Inner Zone | £10.50 | £9.00 | £6.00 | £4.50 |
| City Zone | £12.50 | £11.00 | £7.00 | £5.50 |
| Extended Zone* | £15.00 | £13.50 | £8.25 | £6.75 |
* The extended Zone includes Newtownabbey, Monkstown, Rathcoole, Twinbrooke, Poleglass, Lagmore, Dunmurry, Conway, Ballybeen and Holywood Exchange. Belvoir Estate and Tullycarnett are within the City Zone.
Smartlink Travel Cards are also available and can be used for unlimited weekly or monthly travel across the entire Metro network. The cost of this card is £14.50 for a weekly card and £57.00 for the monthly card. Again, a one-off charge of £1.50 is applicable when you first buy a card.
Buying and Topping Up Smartlink
You can buy a Smartlink Card or top-up your journeys for unlimited travel at one of the participating Smartlink Agents in the Greater Belfast area and at the Metro Kiosk, Donegall Square West. You CANNOT buy cards or top-up on a bus.
Metro Day Tickets
- £3.50 anywhere, anytime on the Metro network, any one day Monday to Saturday.
- £2.70 anywhere on the Metro network after 10am, Monday to Saturday or all day Sunday (available to purchase between 10am and 3pm Monday to Saturday and all day Sunday).
These are the full adult fares, child fares are half of the above. Metro Day Tickets are valid for travel on the day of purchase only and cannot be transferred.
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