When you ride Commuter Express, you'll get there comfortably, safely and efficiently. Commuter Express makes a limited number of stops, making the travel times as short as possible. Plan your Commuter Express trip using the Google Trip Planner or from the route list displayed below. Commuter Express operates on a zone system with fare payment based on how far you travel and how many zones you ride.
There are five fare zones, identified as Base and zones Commuter Express routes , , , , and Bunker Hill operate in only one zone.
Routes , and in two zones, routes , , and in three zones, route in all five zones. If you travel in more zones than your pass or ticket, you will need to pay the difference in cash or with stored value cash on your TAP card the difference will be automatically deducted from stored value cash. The cash difference is calculated by comparing the one-way cash fare shown on the table for the zone of your pass or ticket with the number of zones you will be travelling.
The EZ transit pass is also sold by zone Base to EZ transit zones 5 and higher are equal to Zone 4 for Commuter Express. If you travel in more zones than your EZ transit pass allows, the cash difference is calculated by comparing the one-way cash fare with the number of zones you are travelling.
With a Commuter Express Day Pass, transfer to any other Commuter Express bus with no additional fare when the number of zones on the pass are equal to or greater than the zones of travel on the second route. If the number of zones on the second route exceed the number of zones on the pass, the difference will be deducted automatically from stored value cash on the card.
