The validators themselves will not, but you could still purchase a physical ticket with a credit card.
You have to understand that it is not a payment system but a validating machine that is integrated with gates. I use it on buses all the time and they are pretty sleek. I continue purchase my fare in the transit app.Debaliviere91 wrote: ↑Oct 17, 2025It’s ridiculous that these won’t be operational until Spring 2026, but once this payment system is up and running and everyone gets used to just scanning their phone, this will be such a better experience.
Yep. The app itself is the payment system.stlurbanist wrote: ↑Oct 17, 2025You have to understand that it is not a payment system but a validating machine that is integrated with gates. I use it on buses all the time and they are pretty sleek. I continue purchase my fare in the transit app.Debaliviere91 wrote: ↑Oct 17, 2025It’s ridiculous that these won’t be operational until Spring 2026, but once this payment system is up and running and everyone gets used to just scanning their phone, this will be such a better experience.
I doubt it. It's probably like 99% of payment terminals that allow you to just tap your card or insert the chip.BarryGlick wrote: ↑8:50 PM - Apr 27Metro has five of the new ticket machines undergoing testing, three in Missouri and two in Illinois
Is there a verification that the credit card that verifies a credit card? Owner of credit card zipcode required?
Probably either not active or open because there's no guards.BarryGlick wrote:A drive thru downtown I noticed the 8th street metro link gates were wide open Busted? Not active yet? Or just free to enter?
https://www.metrostlouis.org/nextgenfare/stlgasm wrote: ↑7:08 PM - 18 days agoSo nice to see the security gates working as intended (not). I took this pic today at the Big Bend station.
Just remember that it's ALWAYS your fault and Metro is NEVER wrong.bprop wrote: ↑10:10 PM - 18 days agoI tried using them at 8th and Pine yesterday. A friend was visiting. I bought a ticket on the app (because I already set it up) and he tried to buy one from the machine. The machine was so unresponsive that I was sure it wasn't working. It took like 5 loooonnngg seconds after every tap for the tap to register (you could see a little circle icon where you tapped, so it's not like it wasn't sensing it..it just took that long to get to the next screen). The payment reader failed on tap, and then took two tries with the chip. When the ticket finally printed out, he went first with the QR code and tried to scan it. It absolutely did not work; we both tried several times each. I finally used my phone and opened the gate for both of us.
It's as though Metro has absolutely no shame or ability to self reflect on their failures.
I take Metrolink when I go into the office, and I’ve had a couple of occasions where the gate didn’t open. When I went to rescan my pass, a loud fail sound happens. Thankfully other riders came up behind me and it worked on their pass. Other times, there can be a big delay with the gate opening after scanning the pass. So far the gate issues have happened at the CWE station where there is constant traffic - I’m not sure what to do if the gate completely fails to open and there’s no one around.jshank83 wrote: ↑12:43 AM - 18 days agoSomeone I work with said they had issues getting the gate to open.
