The PRESTO App lets you instantly load funds, instant check your balance, set up Autoload, manage multiple cards, load with Apple or Google Pay and more. Download the PRESTO App today from the App Store or Google Play!
Paying with PRESTO
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What is PRESTO?
PRESTO is an electronic fare payment system that helps make travelling on transit easy and convenient at a discounted fare. The more you travel on GO Transit the more you save.
PRESTO card overdraft update
Starting March 2, 2026, registered PRESTO card taps will only be accepted if you have enough funds to pay your full local transit fare. This update brings consistent fare payment requirements across transit agencies using PRESTO.
For GO Transit customers, this means that if you don't have enough balance to cover your full fare at tap off, your PRESTO card will go into a negative balance. You won't be able to tap with your PRESTO card on any transit – GO Transit, UP Express or local transit – until you reload your PRESTO card. Once you load funds, your negative balance (overdraft) will be cleared and the remaining amount will be available for use the next time you tap to pay for transit.
Ways to always have a balance on your PRESTO card:
- Coming soon, we’re bringing instant PRESTO loads when you add funds through the PRESTO website or app.
- Setting up Autoload means you will always have the funds you need to travel with PRESTO. Autoload automatically and instantly loads funds to your PRESTO card whenever your balance falls below a minimum balance you set.
- On the PRESTO App, you can set a low balance notification in the 'settings' area of your PRESTO Account.
PRESTO Card
Buy a card, load it, and set your fare type. Discounts available for adults, youth, post-secondary students and seniors. Then create a PRESTO Account to add your card and access great benefits like balance protection.
Tap with Credit and Debit
You can now tap on and off with your credit or debit card on a PRESTO device, including those cards on your phone or watch to pay for your GO adult fare discount!
PRESTO in Mobile Wallet
With PRESTO in Mobile Wallet, you can tap your phone or smart watch to pay for transit!
Adult Fare with PRESTO - Save 15%+
If you do not take the exact same trip each time you travel on GO within a calendar month, your first 35 rides on GO will be 15.7%** off the single-ride adult fare. For trips 36 and onwards, your discount will be based on the value of the trips you’ve taken that month. To earn these discounts, you’ll need to use the same form of payment for all your trips – you can’t combine payments on a PRESTO card, PRESTO in Google Wallet, credit card, and debit card.
Youth & Post-Secondary Students save 40% on GO with PRESTO.
Seniors save 55% on GO with PRESTO.
Download the PRESTO App
Set up Autoload
The Autoload feature reloads your PRESTO card automatically when your balance drops below a dollar amount which you choose.
Set Your GO Default Trip on the PRESTO App
Make missed tap offs a thing of the past by setting up a GO Default Trip. With a couple of simple clicks in the PRESTO App, you can make it so your main daily GO trip only requires you to tap on. Forget about waiting at the machine to tap off, just arrive and go!
Forgot to Tap Off?
If you forget to tap off at the end of your trip, an amount for Missed Tap Off or Underpayment will be deducted from your PRESTO card or charged to your credit or debit card at the start of your next trip in the GO network.
Save with PRESTO Perks
Find out how and where you can show your PRESTO card to get discounts on some of Ontario's top attractions, through the PRESTO Perks program.