Ways to Pay Fare
Breeze is the fast, flexible, secure way to ride MARTA and its participating regional transit services with buying options that fit your needs. Here are the ways you can pay your fare:
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Tap a physical bank card.
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Tap a mobile wallet (with bank card).
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NEW! Tap a mobile wallet (with virtual Breeze card).
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Tap a physical Breeze card or ticket.
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Pay with cash.
Tap a Bank Card (physical)
Riders can now skip the ticket vending machine and tap their contactless-enabled debit or credit card directly at the validator on rail stations faregates and on buses.
Image description: The two images above show a bank card in use at a new MARTA faregate (left) and a new validator on a bus (right).
Tap a Mobile Wallet (with bank card)
Riders can also pay with their debit or credit card that is linked inside their mobile wallet on their smartphone or smartwatch. Skip the ticket vending machines and pay directly at rail station faregates and the validators on buses.
Apple, Google, and Samsung wallets are accepted.
Image description: A smartphone showing a mobile wallet screen is being tapped directly on the validator at a new rail station faregate.
How do I enable Apple Express mode?
Go to Apple Wallet and select your debit or credit card. Then tap on [ellipsis] and choose Card Details or Account Details. Scroll down to Express Transit and check whether Express Mode is on or off. To turn on Express, tap “Express Transit Settings”, select your desired card, and follow the prompts to authenticate. Only one payment card can be enabled for Express Transit at a time.
NEW! Tap a Mobile Wallet (with virtual Breeze card)
Virtual Breeze cards are now available in Google Wallet and Samsung Wallet! Coming soon to iPhone and Apple Watch.
Benefits of the virtual Breeze card:
- Keep up with your card more easily because it’s always in your phone.
- Quickly and easily load fare from inside your mobile wallet. You can load a dollar value or choose from a limited menu of fare options like multi-day passes.
- Easily track your fare balance.
- Skip the fare vending machines and tap the virtual Breeze card directly at rail station faregates and the validators on buses.
Click for setup instructions.
Google & Samsung
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Tap a Breeze Card or Ticket (physical)
The plastic Breeze card is a reloadable, long-term use transit card that allows riders to load various and multiple fare products — including multi-ride packages. The Breeze card costs $2.00 in addition to the fare.
Single-use paper Breeze tickets expire 90 days from purchase and are not reloadable. The ticket costs $1.00 in addition to the fare.
Starting March 28, riders can no longer purchase or load old (silver) Breeze cards or tickets. Customers can still spend down any remaining Breeze balance until May 2. Balance transfers will be accommodated May 5–Oct. 30, 2026.
Purchase the new orange Breeze card or ticket and fare at:
- New Breeze vending machines
- Up to five (5) Breeze cards can be purchased in one transaction.
- Up to ten (10) Breeze tickets can be purchased in one transaction.
- MARTA and regional partners’ Ride Stores
- Online at the new breezecard.com
- Once you register and sign into your account, follow the prompts to purchase a card.
- Breeze cards can take a week to arrive so if you have immediate travel plans, purchase in-person.
Image description: A new orange Breeze card is being tapped on the reader at a new MARTA faregate.
Pay with Cash
Cash is accepted at ticket vending machines and Ride Stores to purchase Breeze cards or tickets. Bus riders can also pay with cash on buses, but exact change is required and fare cannot be loaded onto Breeze cards on buses. Cash fare is one-way only and does not include transfers.
Load fare with Breeze Mobile App
The new Breeze Mobile app will be available on Android and iOS devices.
More details here.
App features:
- Register and manage your physical Breeze card
- Purchase fare to load onto your physical Breeze card
Riding with Companions
Each customer needs their own form of payment. Do not “pass back” a Breeze card, bank card, or mobile wallet for others to use.
If traveling with children or an individual without their own form of payment, you may purchase fare at any new touchscreen ticket vending machine. Multiple cards may now be purchased in one transaction at ticket vending machines.
You may also pay for a companion using a different contactless-enabled bank card than the one you used.
Using Transfers
Every MARTA trip comes with four transfers, meaning you can change buses or go from the bus to the train without paying additional fare within a 3-hour period.
You must use exactly the same payment method when transferring from bus to bus and bus to rail to ensure you are not charged additional fare. For example, if you tap your debit card on the bus, tap the same debit card at the faregate when transferring to rail. Please note that even if your bank card and mobile wallet are linked to the same bank account, the new system will read them as separate forms of payment and charge you additional fare for the transfer. So be sure to use the exact same payment method to avoid an extra charge.