A PRESTO cardholder can pay only 70 cents to ride MiWay when he or she is transferring to or from a GO Bus or GO Train.

This co-fare discount applies to PRESTO users, for example, transferring between a MiWay bus at the City Centre Transit Terminal and a GO Bus at the Square One GO Bus Terminal across the street (Station Gate Road and Rathburn Road).

PRESTO users will receive the discount automatically when transferring between either a GO Train or GO Bus and a PRESTO-activated local bus operating anywhere across the GO network, not just at GO Train stations.

However, the fares must be paid with a PRESTO card to receive the co-fare discount when transferring between MiWay and GO Bus service. The discount does not apply on bus-to-bus transfers when the fares are paid with cash or a day pass.

All MiWay buses are PRESTO activated; each one has a PRESTO card reader to offer customers a wider range of service by providing them with the option to pay fares using a PRESTO card.

Here's how the co-fare discount works with PRESTO:

• From Mississauga to your destination via a GO Bus

  • Tap onto a MiWay bus and a full fare is deducted from your e-purse.
  • When transferring and tapping onto the GO bus, the GO fare is deducted.
  • When exiting and tapping off the GO bus, the GO fare is reduced by the applicable co-fare discount.

• From your point of origin back to Mississauga via a GO Bus

  • When tapping onto the GO bus, the GO fare to the next zone on the route is deducted from your e-purse.
  • Upon exiting and tapping off when transferring, the balance of the GO fare is deducted from your e-purse.
  • Then, when you tap onto a connecting MiWay bus, the discounted co-fare will be deducted from your card's e-purse.

PRESTO recognizes continuous travel by public transit by allocating a two-hour transfer window onto your PRESTO card when you first tap on a bus.