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NEW YORK – A piece of New York City transit history could be yours, if you’re willing to pay.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The MTA is auctioning off a limited number of MetroCard vending machines<\/a>, which were phased out of service by the OMNY tap and pay system used on subways and buses today.\u00a0<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Bidding for full-sized MetroCard vending machines and smaller “express” machines opened at 8 a.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n Offers must be received by 8 p.m. on August 19, the MTA said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bids can be submitted by completing an online form<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n MTA subway station OMNY turnstile entrance for E, F, M & R trains, Queens, New York. (Photo by: Lindsey Nicholson\/UCG\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) <\/p>\n Before bidding, however, the MTA says you should make sure you’re able to arrange pickup of the machine within 10 days of being notified of your successful bid.<\/p>\n You should also be prepared to pay on the day you’re notified.\u00a0<\/p>\n What we don’t know:<\/p>\n The MTA did not specify the exact number of MetroCard vending machines that are available through the auction.\u00a0<\/p>\n Click here for more information about the auction.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n MetroCard vending machines were first installed in January 1999, allowing riders to buy and reload MetroCards with cash, credit and debit cards. The full-sized machines weigh about 1,050 pounds, measuring 80 inches long, 42 inches wide, and 36 inches deep, according to the MTA.\u00a0<\/p>\n The express machines were introduced later, and only offered credit and debit card transactions. They weigh a mere 210 pounds, measuring 21 inches long, 14 inches wide, and 42 inches high.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Source: This article is based on information from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.<\/p>\n New York City<\/a>MTA<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article NEW YORK – A piece of New York City transit history could be yours, if you’re willing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[141,9,11,10,12,56,63,848,618],"class_list":["post-314410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-mta","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-organization","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gettyimages-2207232144.jpg\")
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