Cost

JAX offers a range of fare options to fit your budget and preferences. Explore pricing and payment options for fixed-route fares, passes, and group rates.

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How to Pay

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JAX offers several convenient payment options for riders. These flexible options make it easy to access JAX services in the way that best fits your needs, ensuring you travel with ease and convenience.

Option 1: Riders may pay the driver in cash when boarding the bus. Our drivers do not carry change, so please be sure to bring exact change. Simply show the driver your fare and place it in the fare box. Note that JAX drivers do not sell passes.

Option 2: Riders may purchase fares or passes at the JAX office. We are located at 975 Charles Road, Carbondale, IL. Come stop by!

Option 3: Riders may contact a JAX dispatching professional at (618) 549-0304 and purchase their fare or pass over the phone with a credit or debit card. We will record your information and mail out your pass the same day.

Option 4: Riders may purchase fares or passes directly from the JAX website. Visit our Routes page and select the pass you would like to purchase. Follow the link, complete the payment process, and we will mail your pass within 2-3 business days.

 

Route Fares

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Thank you for choosing JAX! We’re your ticket to easy and affordable transit.

At JAX, we believe that everyone should have access to safe, reliable, and affordable transportation. Our bus system traverses the county every day providing the transportation services our residents and guests need to make the most of Carbondale and Jackson County

Route Fares: $2.00

Frequent Rider? Buy a Fare Pass for Savings and Convenience

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Make paying for rides as convenient as possible with a monthly pass or reloadable JAX card. With our monthly pass, JAX becomes your unlimited travel resource through the JAX route system. Ride any of our fixed-route, rural routes, paratransit or micro-transit buses as often as you need. Travel confidently knowing JAX will get you where you’re going.

The reloadable fare pass enables riders to load their card with funds to be used on any JAX bus. There’s no need to bring exact change; your exact fare is taken from the card with each ride. Once depleted, you can reload the card by calling a JAX Dispatching Professional at (618) 549-0304.

Explore our three JAX pass options below:

JAX Go Pass: $25.00

Enjoy total mobility and the ability to “go” wherever needed for a full 30 days. This is the most convenient and flexible option for unlimited travel throughout Jackson County and Carbondale.

JAX Freedom Pass: $135.00

The Freedom Pass bundles six Go Passes into one offer. Enjoy the convenience of using the JAX route system for six months without worrying about individual fares. Gain the freedom of mobility, and save some money while you’re at it.

JAX Navigator Pass: $270.00

The Navigator Pass offers long-term value and unlimited access to the JAX route system for a full year. Navigate Carbondale, Murphysboro, and the rest of Jackson County with ease year-round.

Discounted Passes

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JAX is proud to accept the Illinois Department of Aging Benefit Access Program. This program allows seniors and persons with disabilities to ride the JAX fixed-route system for free with subsidized fares.

Riders can submit proof of acceptance to JAX Office. Once the documentation is processed, your information will be registered in the JAX system, and you will be cleared to ride. Note that this program does not include fares for the JAX Rural Routes, Micro-Transit, or Paratransit services.

The Benefit Access Program is far from the only way to save. JAX offers half-off fares for children, seniors (65 years of age and older), active military service members, veterans of armed services, and people with disabilities. If you would like to purchase a discounted fare or pass, please contact a JAX Dispatching Professional. Discounted passes cannot be shared and will be assigned to the eligible rider. Riders are subject to verification of discount status.

Discounted One Way Fare: $1.00

Discounted Go Pass: $15.00

Discounted Freedom Pass: $81.00

Discounted Navigator Pass: $135.00

SIUC Students Ride Free

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All eligible students of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale can ride with JAX for free. This includes the fixed-routes, rural routes, paratransit, and micro-transit services.

At this time, SIUC Students must simply present their SIUC ID to take advantage of the benefit. However, JAX will be equipping our fixed-route buses with card readers soon, which will make the process more efficient and straightforward.

Please contact Student Affairs at (618) 453-2461 or email [email protected] to learn more about your eligibility.

View Saluki Express routes on the SIU student affairs website.

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