By virtue of the referendum, all full-time graduate students hold a 12-month, unlimited ride bus pass with the Hamilton Street Railway (HSR). The HSR bus pass remains valid from September through August each year. The pass is administered through PRESTO. Students will load their PRESTO card with a voucher code that is available via Mosaic, and can then tap on and off the HSR for unlimited rides.
Understanding Your Insurance
Eligible students will need to obtain a PRESTO card from a PRESTO vendor: Shoppers Drug Mart, Fortino’s in Hamilton, HSR Customer Service Office at Hamilton GO, or online at prestocard.ca
Students with an existing PRESTO card will continue to use the same card, and will load the updated bus pass using the voucher code issued via their Mosaic account. Any PRESTO card ca be used to redeem the voucher code, provided it is registered in your name.
Find the tile inside your Mosaic account labelled “HSR Bus Pass” and click it to retrieve your voucher code.
Go to your PRESTO account and load the voucher code to activate the HSR bus pass. The voucher load takes up to 24 hours to be processed.
You must then tap onto an HSR bus within 45 days for your voucher to function. Failure to tap your card within 45 days will discontinue the HSR bus pass functionality and you will need to contact PRESTO to have your voucher reinstated.
Please note:
The voucher load may take up to 24 hours to be processed. If you wish to to have a valid bus pass starting August 22, you will need to load your voucher at least 24 hours prior to August 22.
You must tap onto an HSR bus within 45 days of loading your voucher in order for it to function. Failure to tap your card within 45 days will discontinue the HSR Bus Pass functionality and you will need to contact PRESTO to have your voucher reinstated.
First year students must wait for the HSR bus pass tile to appear in their Mosaic account prior to obtaining their PRESTO card, as they will not appear in the distribution file until 24 hours after their HSR bus pass tile appears.
The PRESTO card must be registered to load the voucher.
The bus pass is valid up until August 21 of the following year.
*The HSR Bus Pass is non-transferrable – misuse will result in card confiscation.*