2.7
5.6K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Use transit in and around all of Chicago: It's easy to manage and pay your fare on CTA, Metra and Pace buses and trains with the Ventra app. Find all the features you're used to on the Ventra website and more, including mobile ticketing for Metra trains!


With the Ventra app, you can:


• Check your balance and available passes in your Ventra Card's transit account.
• Instantly load value or passes to your Ventra Card's transit account.
• Switch autoload for transit value or passes on and off.
• Buy and use Metra mobile tickets to ride any Metra train.
• Use transit value you've loaded to buy a Metra ticket.
• Get real-time account notifications so you know when it's time to load more fare or buy more tickets.
• Get real-time arrival/departure information from CTA, Metra and Pace all in one app—by picking a stop, using favorites or looking at service near where you're standing.
Updated on
Jan 12, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

2.7
5.52K reviews
Dan Noonan
February 15, 2024
Lately no matter how strong a cell signal I have or if I'm on WiFi the app takes more than 30 seconds to load and then longer to populate data. Favorite stops eventually say "No information available" but it's not possible to remove them. It's becoming largely unusable. It would be nice to expand the area with the number of stops to see the names of all the stops.
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John-Paul Ensign
March 6, 2024
It may be worth noting that on Android (maybe iOS), you can tap with this app open and it will auto select the Ventra card. Better than going into GPay or Wallet, only to manually choose Ventra every time. One feature that would be awesome is having a setting for the Nearby widget on the Home screen that allows a filter. E.g. I rarely use buses and am 99% of the time on trains. It would be nice if I could configure the Nearby widget to only display trains.
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Brita Dallmann
December 15, 2023
I've had a lot of problems recently with the app glitching, not allowing me to scroll down to view an entire train/bus line. If I try to scroll, it glitches and goes back to the top. This makes it impossible to view most stops, so the app is mostly useless. I uninstalled and reinstalled, and it worked for about 7-10 days, but is back to glitching now.
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What's new

The latest release of the Ventra App brings you updates to Metra fares for a more seamless commuting experience!

What's New:
Metra Fare Changes:
• Stay ahead of your journey with the latest Metra fare adjustments.
• The app now reflects the most up-to-date Metra pricing for accurate trip planning.