MetroCard Vending Machines Are Cash Only Saturday Morning

MetroCard in a Bush on E 16th St

Just a quick note if you didn’t already know — MetroCard vending machines will only be accepting cash from 2am-12pm tomorrow, June 22, due to a system upgrade. The MTA says:

This outage will affect all vending machines at: NYC Transit; PATH; JFK AirTrain; Hempstead Transit Center; Roosevelt Island Tram and at LaGuardia Airport (which has the smaller, credit/debit machines only).

An inconvenience for sure, but better to find out now, right? Either get yourself to an ATM, or if you can only pay by credit or debit card, make sure to do that in advance.