Charlie card v Charlie ticket

We will be in Boston from the Uk for 6 days during late May. Please can someone explain what these Charle things are and which would be best for us?!

Mexi

Charlie card v Charlie ticket

If you search the forum, you%26#39;ll find a few explanations of the Charlie card system.

www.mbta.com also has information.

Charlie card v Charlie ticket

MBTA ';T'; fares can be confusing, since there are so many methods of payment.

Charlie Day Link and Weekly Link Pass are the best value for tourists, they are per person and not per ride. They may be purchased at any T vending machine (including the airport T stop) or certain retail stores. They include unlimited subway rides, local bus rides, and inner-harbor ferry (not to be confused with the water-taxis) and for the commuter rail but ONLY to zone 1 A

- Charlie Weekly Link Pass - $15.00 per person good for 7 consecutive days (Probably your best choice)

- Charlie Day Link Pass- $9.00 per person good one day

- Charlie Ticket- $2.00 per ride (add as much value to the card as needed) Charlie Tickets are available at all the T stops

-Charlie Card - $1.70 per ride (free local bus and you can also add as much value to the card) must ask a customer service representative at the station, purchase cards online,available at certain retail stores or by going to Customer Service M-F 8 A- 6P at the Downtown Crossing T stop

-Children under 11 are always free when with a paying adult.

-To get Senior fares you must have a proper MBTA ID card, not available for tourists

You may share a card if you have a Charlie Card or Charlie ticket. It is dependent on which card/ticket or pass you use. The ticket and card are used per ride, so if you have a Charlie Ticket or Charlie Card then you may share it since each ride will be deducted from the card or ticket. Just put the CHARLIE TICKET in the machine go through the turnstile and pass it on to the next user or just tap the CHARLIE CARD to the sensor in front of turnstile and pass it to the next user . A Charlie link Pass is not to be shared because it is per user, not per ride.

Another distinguishing factor, a Charlie Card it plastic and can have money added to it. A Charlie ticket is paper and can be used to buy a new ticket (if you have less than $2 on it) but not %26#39;re-charged%26#39;.

And the Charlie Cards themselves are free. Ask a T person in a station for one. They usually have them. You just have to add value to them at a machine. But as stated before, the Weekly Pass is really probably your best deal.

Just to be clear, the weekly pass ($15) is your best buy and you don%26#39;t need a plastic Charlie Card for it. Even if you have a plastic card, the pass is dispensed as a paper ticket by the fare machine. You can%26#39;t hand the pass back to another person because once you use it, it is locked out at that station for about 15 minutes.

The system is similar to London%26#39;s Oyster card.