Senior / Disabled Reduced Fares

Program for Senior Citizens (65 years or older) or Persons with a Qualifying Disability

A Service of the Connecticut Department of Transportation

Senior citizens (65 years +) and persons with a qualifying disability can travel for a reduced fare at any time on CTtransit and all other bus systems operating under contract to the CTDOT. Connecticut state-subsidized bus services:

  • Greater Bridgeport Transit (gbt)
  • River Valley Transit (RVT)
  • Housatonic Area Regional Transit (HART)
  • Milford Transit District
  • Northeastern Connecticut Transit District
  • Northwestern Connecticut Transit District
  • Norwalk Transit District
  • Southeast Area Transit District (SEAT)
  • Windham Region Transit District (WRTD)
  • CTtransit local & express
  • CTfastrak
  • I-Bus Express

State of CT-issued Reduced Fare ID or Medicare card must be shown with use of Senior/Disabled pass or ticket.  Please click for the APPLICATION and return to CTtransit for processing. 

Reduced fares also apply to one-way tickets for Shore Line East, Hartford Line, the Metro-North New Haven Line and the Danbury, New Canaan, and Waterbury branch trains except westbound morning peak hour trains. Metro-North Peak fares apply to weekday trains that arrive in Grand Central Terminal (GCT) between 5:00am and 10:00am.

Senior Citizens: If you have a Medicare card, you are entitled to ride for a reduced fare. Simply show your Medicare card to the operator when you board the bus. Your local transit provider is required to accept the Medicare card for a half fare.