Y’all knew it was coming: commemorative TAP cards will be available starting Friday, May 20, to celebrate the Expo Line opening to Santa Monica. You’ll be able to purchase them from TAP Vending Machines at the following stations and Metro Customer Centers while supplies last. TAP cards cost $1 at TVMs, or $2 at the customer centers.
- 7th/Metro Center*
- Pico Station*
- Culver City Station*
- Palms Station
- Westwood/Rancho Park Station
- Expo/Sepulveda Station
- Expo/Bundy Station
- 26th St/Bergamot Station
- 17th St/SMC Station
- Downtown Santa Monica Station
- Union Station/Gateway Transit Center – East Portal
- Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Center
- East Los Angeles Center
- Wilshire/Vermont Center
- Not all TVMs at each station will carry commemorative TAP cards, please check sticker on TVM to see which machine is stocked with commemorative cards.
Unfortunately the commemorative cards are not available at Union Station (pretty sure I was in the east portal). Will they still be available Monday?
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A couple months ago, the Santa Monica Daily Press had an article on a few commemorative TAP cards with photos by local artists. Do you have any information on this?
http://smdp.com/santa-monica-artists-design-expo-line-tap-cards/154104
Hi Pat,
That set of cards is being sold by Big Blue Bus/City of Santa Monica, and we’ll get more info soon on when they will become available.
Anna Chen
Writer, The Source
SM Big Blue Bus is going to be selling the commemorative cards as a BOGO promo starting on the 13th. More info at http://bigbluebus.com/Fares/bogo.aspx – Scroll down to “What TAP card designs are available?”
This is nice to hear, but have the no-longer-accurate commemorative TAP card stickers been removed from the TVMs along the Gold Line? I wanted to buy a commemorative card from one of those TVMs, but was issued the plain blue one instead. :-S
Hi Alex,
I’ll let the TAP team know and hopefully get that fixed. Thanks!
Anna Chen
Writer, The Source
Metro’s The Source,
So glad. GJ
On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Metros The Source wrote:
> Anna Chen posted: ” Y’all knew it was coming: commemorative TAP cards will > be available starting Friday, May 20, to celebrate the Expo Line opening to > Santa Monica. You’ll be able to purchase them from TAP Vending Machines at > the following stations and Metro Customer Cen” >