All full-time undergraduate and graduate students hold a 12 month, unlimited ride bus pass with the Hamilton Street Railway (HSR). The HSR bus pass is a physical card, used in combination with a valid student card. The bus pass is issued by the McMaster Students Union (MSU), the Graduate Student Association (GSA), the Campus Store and the HSR.

Both the bus pass card and a student card must be presented to an operator to board the HSR transit system.  The bus pass gives full-time students unlimited access to the HSR bus system from August 29th, 2016 through August 31, 2017

Bus passes will be will be available for pick-up beginning Thursday, August 18 via the Campus Store in Gilmour Hall B101. A student must have a valid student card present when picking-up a new bus pass. Please visit any register inside the Campus Store to acquire a 2016/2017 bus pass. Additionally, students specifically enrolled in the Faculty of Health Sciences may visit the Health Sciences Campus Store to acquire a 2016/2017 bus pass.

Classes do not begin until September 6, but the Campus Store will be open every day from Monday, August 22 until Saturday, September 3.