The MetroCard’s days are numbered.

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber announced Wednesday that the transit agency will stop selling the cards by the end of year. 

Lieber noted that MetroCards will continue to work at turnstiles for “at least six months” after that. 

“We haven’t set a final date, but we won’t be selling new ones,” he said at a Crain’s New York Business event in Manhattan.

“Goodbye, MetroCard. You served us well,” he added. “But it’s time to retire you to the Transit Museum, to spend many happy days with your old friend, Mr. Token.”

Explaining the MTA’s decision to phase out the cards, Lieber said the "answer is simple."

“Making it easier to pay the fare and making it more affordable means more for paying customers,” he said. “Contactless fare payment is not only faster and more convenient, it’s going to allow us to do more, much more with discounts and promotions. It’s a much more dynamic system.” 

But physical cards won’t go by the wayside entirely: In a press release, MTA officials said customers who prefer to use a physical card can buy an OMNY card for $1. Riders can load or reload their cards at thousands of retail locations, online, Mobile Sales Van locations or at subway stations where OMNY vending machines are installed.

While the MTA is advising customers to use up the remaining balance on their MetroCards, the transit agency said unused funds can be transferred or reimbursed within two years of the card's expiration date.

The MTA first tested MetroCards in the transit system in 1993, officially rolling them out in January 1994 as part of its effort to phase out subway tokens. 

In 2019, the MTA launched OMNY, its tap-and pay system that will eventually replace MetroCards completely. 

Riders can use OMNY at all subway stations, on all MTA-operated buses, on the Hudson Rail Link, on the  Roosevelt Island Tram, and at the AirTrain-Howard Beach and AirTrain-Jamaica stations.

Wednesday's announcement comes after Lieber over the summer said OMNY cards would replace student MetroCards starting in the fall semester of the school year.