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Previous policy has been to accept old tickets with no premium.

They may not even change the ticket design, as they will be replaced with farecards soon enough.
There are no plans to change the ticket design. Any ticket you own will still be usable after the fare increase. If the fare increase concerns you, you can go to a store today and stock up.

When they changed the ticket design a few years ago, there was a several month grace period where they would accept both types of ticket.

Eventually, the electronic fare payment will come into effect, and tickets will be replaced by disposable fare cards. There will be a ticket deposit box on the new electronic fare boxes during the transition.
(06-21-2016, 12:05 PM)Markster Wrote: [ -> ]If the fare increase concerns you, you can go to a store today and stock up.

haha That's funny: I wonder if anyone has done that. I think the bigger concern is that a casual rider will buy tickets this week to have them invalidated in a few months. That's actually why I brought it up; I was talking to someone about the fare increase, she wondered whether riders would eventually have to swap tickets at a GRT terminal, and I had no idea.
Stockpiling happens all the time in Toronto. They used to have serious token shortages in the days prior to a fare increase. I've bought "more than the usual" number of tickets just prior to an increase, because why not?

The electronic fares phasing out tickets is well over a year away, so there's no real concern to be had of tickets being rendered worthless yet. Like every year, the fare increase does not put a time limit on tickets.
I did mis-remember that there was a slight change in the format of the tickets, and a finite grace period. I assumed it would be something like that this time; nice that it isn't.

The "come in with your ticket and nine cents" that I mentioned actually is how the HSR handled its last fare increase: HSR asked riders to go to the main terminal with their ticket, and a nickel and dime, to have the ticket replaced with a new one at fifteen cents' extra cost.
(06-21-2016, 12:32 PM)Markster Wrote: [ -> ]Stockpiling happens all the time in Toronto.  They used to have serious token shortages in the days prior to a fare increase.  I've bought "more than the usual" number of tickets just prior to an increase, because why not?

The electronic fares phasing out tickets is well over a year away, so there's no real concern to be had of tickets being rendered worthless yet.  Like every year, the fare increase does not put a time limit on tickets.

I've got stray Toronto subway tokens that I bought at least 3o years ago!  Everytime I come across them I think I should actually take them with me to Toronto some time and actually use them, but I never remember to do it.
(06-21-2016, 02:37 PM)panamaniac Wrote: [ -> ]I've got stray Toronto subway tokens that I bought at least 3o years ago!  Everytime I come across them I think I should actually take them with me to Toronto some time and actually use them, but I never remember to do it.

If they're that old, they won't work anymore. It's now a more secure bimetallic design. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Tr...sion_fares
(06-21-2016, 02:37 PM)panamaniac Wrote: [ -> ]I've got stray Toronto subway tokens that I bought at least 3o years ago!  Everytime I come across them I think I should actually take them with me to Toronto some time and actually use them, but I never remember to do it.

Too late!
They switched to a new token in 2006.  The old token had a grade period of several months, but now they're just collector's items.

Top: Old
Bottom: New
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Dang! Time to clean out the jewellery box (every 30 years, whether it needs it or not?). Wink
GRT to Pilot New Next Bus Call System - June 27
http://www.grt.ca/en/newslist/index.aspx...eQuAleQuAl
In an effort to improve service, GRT will be piloting a new EasyGO Next Bus Call system effective Monday, June 27.
The new system will continue to allow customers to connect to GRT information 24/7 to find out the next bus departure time for their stop or press 0 to speak to a customer service agent.
Customers will call 519-585-7555 and key in their four-digit bus stop number (posted at the stop) and receive real-time predictions for the next bus departing the stop.
...isn't that exactly what already exists?
Sounds like this is an upgrade to the systems/functionality (ie, you'll hear a new voice/wording when you call).
Yay! (?)
(06-21-2016, 12:21 PM)MidTowner Wrote: [ -> ]
(06-21-2016, 12:05 PM)Markster Wrote: [ -> ]If the fare increase concerns you, you can go to a store today and stock up.

haha That's funny: I wonder if anyone has done that. I think the bigger concern is that a casual rider will buy tickets this week to have them invalidated in a few months. That's actually why I brought it up; I was talking to someone about the fare increase, she wondered whether riders would eventually have to swap tickets at a GRT terminal, and I had no idea.

I'm glad GRT allows you to stockpile if you wish.  I remember a few years back trying to buy a roll of permanent stamps for my business, and none of the post offices had them.  I tried to by online and I couldn't buy rolls of 100 like I normally could nor could I buy any permanent stamps online, only those that had a set dollar value.  I assumed they were phasing them out.  A few days later they announced a stamp increase, and didn't start re-selling the permanent stamps until the increase went into effect.

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It seems like the GRT fares have really increased over the past few years. I don't have the facts but I think in 2011 when I was taking the bus a 5 ticket strip was less than $10.