To find the best way to get to your destination and calculate fares and travel times, use LTA’s journey planner. Download the MyTransport app (iOS | Android) for handy information on train operating times, station exits, public bus services and bus arrival times.
You can also choose to use the Interactive Map to plan your journey.
Visitors to Singapore can refer to this specially-curated Public Transport Guide (PDF, 19.9MB) for ways to explore our city by public transport.
Plan Your Journey
Paying for Your Ride
There are several ways to pay for your bus or MRT trips: a stored value card, concession card, cash or by buying a standard ticket. Children travel for free on buses and trains if they are below 0.9m in height and accompanied by a fee-paying commuter.
Adult Stored Value Card: Wave Your Way Around
The two types of stored value cards are the EZ-Link and Nets FlashPay card.
These can be purchased at any TransitLink Ticket Office or MRT station. They are also available at 7-Eleven stores.
These cards can be topped up at:
- General Ticketing Machines, Add Value Machines and TransitLink Ticket Offices located in MRT stations or bus interchanges
- AXS Stations
- DBS/POSB/OCBC Automatic Teller Machines
- 7-Eleven stores
- SingPost outlets
Level Up Your Public Transport Experience with SimplyGo!
Commuters can now pay for their bus and train fares with Mastercard® or Visa contactless credit and debit cards. There will be no need for upfront top-ups and your train and bus fares will be consolidated, processed and charged to your credit / debit card bill.
Commuters who use SimplyGo with contactless bank cards issued locally will be charged the same fares as those who currently use stored value smartcards (i.e. EZ-Link and NETS FlashPay cards). An admin fee will be payable for commuters who use foreign contactless bank cards.
For Mastercard® contactless bank cards, fare charges will be accumulated for up to 5 days or after a total of $15 is spent on transit fares, whichever is earlier. For Visa contactless bank cards, fare charges will be accumulated daily. To view the details of your trips and fare charges, you need to register an account with TransitLink SimplyGo. Charges for public transport rides will be reflected in the commuters’ credit or debit card bills similar to retail transactions.
Please take out the card you intend to use so that you present only one contactless card (e.g. Mastercard, Visa, EZ-Link and NETS Flashpay) when using the transit system. Please visit simplygo.com.sg for more information.To find out more on SimplyGo, download the brochure.
News Releases
More convenient fare payments with Account-Based Ticketing
Joint news release by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), NETS & Visa - LTA expands Account-Based Ticketing pilot to NETS and Visa
Concession Cards: Personalise your card
Concession cards are personalised smartcards that allow eligible card holders to enjoy concessionary benefits when travelling on the public transport system. Concession cards are available for Adults, Children, Students, Senior Citizens, National Servicemen, Persons with Disabilities and Workfare Income Supplement recipients. These concession cards are issued by LTA.
By Cash or Standard Ticket
If you are taking a bus and wish to pay using cash, do note that no change will be given. You should also keep the bus ticket as proof of receipt.
If you are taking the MRT or LRT train, you can use cash to buy a standard ticket that can be used for single or return trips. A maximum of two trips can be bought on the card at a time and these trips are only valid on the day of the ticket purchase. Each Standard Ticket can be used up to six times within 30 days from the date of purchase.
When you buy a Standard Ticket, the purchase price includes a deposit of 10 cents. This is automatically offset from the fare of the third trip. You also enjoy a 10-cent discount on the sixth trip.
Using the Singapore Tourist Pass
The Singapore Tourist Pass offers all-day unlimited travel on public bus services, MRT and LRT trains for durations of one, two or three-days.
How Much is My Ride?
Planning your journey or checking out the fare for your trip? Use the Fare Calculator to find out the fare for your trip, even if you need to make transfers between buses and the MRT/LRT.
Distance Fares
If you pay using an EZ-Link or NETS Flashpay stored value card, travel fares are charged based on the total distance travelled across different public transport options.
This integrated distance fare structure means there are no additional boarding charges when you transfer to different buses or trains, as long as your journey follows these criteria:
- You may make up to five transfers within a single journey, with a 45-minute allowance between each transfer.
- You complete your journey within two hours.
- You may enter and exit the train network more than once in a journey within 15 minutes. However, entry and exit at the same rail station are not allowed (Excluding transfers between the Downtown Line (DTL) and North-South Line at Newton MRT station, between the Downtown Line and East-West Line at Tampines MRT station and between the DTL and LRT at Bukit Panjang station).
- Your current bus service must not be the same number as the preceding service.
Fares are charged per ride if you pay by cash. Hence, you’ll get a better deal and greater convenience when you use a stored value card for your travel.
Travel Smart by Planning Your Journey
TRAVEL SMART PROGRAMME
The Travel Smart Programme aims to distribute morning peak hour travel demand on the rail network more evenly and improve commuter experiences through three approaches:
The first Travel Smart initiative started in 2012 as a trial to incentivise commuters to travel off-peak. In 2014, LTA started to work with organizations on re-timing, re-moding and reducing.
Travel Smart Journeys
Watch this space for updates on our upcoming Travel Smart initiative – Travel Smart Journeys (TSJ)!
TSJ aims to ease the morning peak hour crowd on the rail network by incentivising commuters along congested corridors to consider alternative modes of transport. More details will be announced in late 2019.
Past Travel Smart Initiatives
The Travel Smart Programme has been reviewed to take into consideration rail network enhancements and changes to commuter travel patterns.
Find out more about how Travel Smart has evolved over the years:
For enquiries on Travel Smart, please contact LTA-TravelSmart@lta.gov.sg.
