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Tickets & Fare

Ticket and Fare Information

Please have exact fare ready when boarding the bus; drivers cannot make change.

Door-to-Door

Tier One - Trips wholly within the 3/4 miles of the general public fixed routes is $2 per one-way trip during peak hours (6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday). Off peak (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) is $1 per one-way trip.

Tier Two - Trips that have either a destination or origin outside the 3/4 mile general public fixed route corridors are $4 per one-way trip during peak hours and $1 during off peak (see off peak hours above).

Tier Three - Senior citizen medical trips or disabled employment trips outside the Town limits to Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Morrisville, and Apex are $6 per one-way trip. There are no discount fares for Tier III trips.

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Fixed Routes

Cash fare, One-way - $1
* Special rate: seniors age 60 or older and disabled persons pay 50 cents between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.; all other times $1
* Any passenger that shows the driver a Medicare ID card can ride the fixed routes at $.50 during off-peak hours.
* Children age 6 or younger ride free

Monthly Pass, Unlimited Rides - $30
11-Day Pass - $8
TTA Monthly Pass accepted as C-Tran fare - Free

Transfers between C-Tran routes - Free

*Note: Transfers are issued free to any fare paying passenger who needs to take a second bus route to reach a destination. Transfers will not be issued to ride back to the original boarding point or to make a second trip. Transfers are only good on the next connecting bus route at authorized transfer points.

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Ticket Outlets:

  • Town Hall, Town of Cary Finance Department - 316 N. Academy St. (all passes and tickets available)
  • Town of Cary Senior Center - 120 Maury O'Dell Place (all passes and tickets available)
  • Kroger at Maynard Crossing Shopping Center (11-day passes, $1 and 50-cent tickets only)
  • On all Fixed Route Buses (TTA $4 day passes only)
For Ticket Information, contact:

C-Tran Operations Center - (919) 481-2020