❚ Cash, debit or credit cards are accepted.
If you pay with cash, use small bills
because farecard machines only give up
to $5 in change (in coins).
❚ Buy a SmarTrip
®
card at any Metro station.
Online at wmata.com:
❚ Use VISA, MasterCard, American Express
or Discover card.
❚ Orders are mailed within fi ve days.
❚ Shipping and handling are free.
At Metro sales offi ces and retail sites:
❚ Metro sales offi ces at Anacostia station,
Metro Center station, Pentagon Transit
Center, Northern Bus Division (4615 14th
St., NW) and Metro Headquarters (600 5th
St. NW).
❚ Over 200 retail sites. (See Web site for
locations.)
Fare replacement
Lost farecards, passes or unregistered
SmarTrip
®
cards cannot be replaced. If you lose
yours while riding on Metrorail, you will be
charged the maximum fare when you exit.
If your farecard, pass or registered SmarTrip
®
card does not work, show it to the station
manager. If it’s damaged, ask the station
manager for a fare adjustment envelope
for a replacement by mail. Complete the
information, keep the receipt and either give
the envelope back to the station manager
or mail it to Metro. A replacement will be
sent to you. There is a $5 replacement cost
for a SmarTrip
®
card (unless it is found to be
defective).
If you prefer, you can buy a new SmarTrip
®
card, register it online at wmata.com, then call
SmarTrip
®
Customer Service at 1-888-762-7874
(please wait 24 hours for registration to occur)
Transfers
When transferring from bus-to-rail or rail-to-
bus, Metro (and most regional bus systems)
offers a 50¢ discount on the second trip.
Transfers from bus-to-bus are free as long as
the bus you’re transferring to does not cost
more than the fi rst bus. If it does, you must
pay the difference. IMPORTANT: To get the
discounted or free transfer, you must pay
your fare with a SmarTrip
®
card. If you pay
with cash or a pass, you will not be able to get
the discounted or free transfer. The transfer
period is two hours between the start of the
fi rst trip and the start of the second trip.
Farragut Crossing
Transfer free between the Red, Orange and
Blue lines by walking above ground between
the Farragut stations. It’s not a tunnel
between the stations, it’s more like a virtual
tunnel. With your SmarTrip
®
card, Farragut
Crossing allows you 30 minutes to exit one
of the stations and enter the other without
paying a new entry fee.
Regional passes and tickets
Good for full Metrobus fare:
❚ MARC/VRE Transit Link Card
(This monthly card also is good for a
month of unlimited Metrorail rides.)
❚ MARC weekly/monthly passes
❚ VRE tickets/passes
Buying rail passes and
SmarTrip
®
cards
In Metro stations:
❚ Farecards and Passes machines offer
Metrorail 1-Day Unlimited, 7-Day Short-
Trip, 7-Day Fast and 28-Day passes.
and tell them to transfer the value of the
old card to the new card. This process usually
takes 4-7 days.
Immediate replacements of farecards and
paper passes are available from the sales
offi ces at the Anacostia station, Metro Center
station, Northern Bus Division (4615 14th St.,
NW), Pentagon Transit Center and Metro
Headquarters (600 5th St. NW).
❚ Only one damaged farecard can be
replaced per visit.
❚ Replacement farecards are only available
in preset denominations at Metro sales
offi ces so you may need to pay the
difference in cash.
❚ Unused farecards and paper passes may be
exchanged by mail and at a Metro
sales offi ce.
❚ Unopened tokens may be exchanged at a
Metro sales offi ce.
50.248 (Rev. 6/12)
Your Guide to Metro
Fares and Passes
❚ Regular and discounted fares
❚ Where and how to buy
❚ Buying and using SmarTrip
®
cards
❚ Using transfers
❚ Fare replacement
wmata.com — 202-637-7000 — TTY 202-638-3780
SmarTrip
®
cards
❚ A SmarTrip
®
card is easy, safe and fast.
Best of all, it saves you money! On
Metrorail, save $1 per trip when you
use a SmarTrip
®
card instead of a paper
farecard. On Metrobus, save 20¢ when you
use a SmarTrip
®
card instead of cash.
❚ You may use SmarTrip
®
to pay for parking
at Metro parking facilities, although most
facilities also accept major credit cards.
❚ You don’t lose the value of a registered
SmarTrip
®
card if the card is lost or
damaged. For a $5 replacement fee, you’ll
get a new card with the value of the lost
card at the time you notify Metro.
❚ Store up to $300 in value on the card.
❚ Sold at:
Any Metro station for $10 ($5 for a card
with $5 in value already on it).
All CVS/pharmacy stores for $10 ($5 for a
card with $5 in value already on it).
Online at wmata.com for $30 ($5 for a
card with $25 in value already on it).
Metro sales offices, regional transit stores
and select Giant and Safeway locations
for $5 (with no value on it).
❚ Metro’s SmartBenefits
®
program can
automatically transfer your monthly
transit and parking benefit to your
SmarTrip
®
card.
❚ You can add value and passes to your
SmarTrip
®
card from our Web site. You can
also go to the Web site to find out how
much value is on your card, see where
and when you used it last or report it
lost or stolen. To get started, create your
SmarTrip
®
online account today!
Discounted fares
Children
❚ Up to two children, 4 and younger, ride
free with a fare paying customer.
Senior citizens and
people with disabilities
Senior citizens 65 and older, people with
disabilities and customers with a Medicare
card and photo ID may ride for half the
regular fare. On Metrorail, use a senior/
disabled farecard or SmarTrip
®
card.
On Metrobus, use a senior/disabled bus pass
or SmarTrip
®
card or show your Metro ID or
Medicare card and pay the senior/disabled
fare. For more information about qualifying
for a Metro ID and buying senior/disabled
farecards, SmarTrip
®
cards and passes, visit
wmata.com or call 202-637-7000 (TTY 202-
638-3780).
Visitors, 65 years of age or older, may get the
senior citizen discount by showing a photo ID
card including date of birth and address.
District of Columbia students
❚ May buy the SmartStudent pass for a
month of unlimited bus and rail rides
within D.C. You must have a Travel ID
Card to buy this pass or eligibility letter
to load on a DC One Card.
❚ May transfer free from rail to bus in
D.C. and at Capitol Heights, Friendship
Heights, Naylor Road, Silver Spring
and Southern Ave stations (using a
SmartStudent pass).
❚ May buy school tokens to ride any
Metrobus within D.C. To buy school
tokens, you must present a token form.
❚ May buy a D.C. Student farecard, valid
for 10 trips on Metrorail.
Metrorail fares
❚ Each customer must have a farecard, pass
or SmarTrip
®
card.
❚ Buy farecards from machines in stations.
❚ SmarTrip
®
is Metro’s rechargeable
farecard. Learn more about it under
SmarTrip
®
cards.
❚ Fares are based on the length of your trip
and the time that you travel.
❚ Station-to-station fares are posted on
farecard machines, at the kiosk and
beneath the large Metrorail map display
in every station.
❚ If you’re unsure about the fare, ask the
station manager for help.
❚ TIP: Visit wmata.com and use the Trip
Planner to plan your trip and determine
your fare.
Metrobus fares
$1.60 Regular fare using a SmarTrip
®
card
$1.80 Regular fare using cash
$3.65 Express fare using a SmarTrip
®
card
$4.00 Express fare using cash
$6 Airport Express (5A and B30)
When using cash, use exact change because
no change is given.
Metrorail passes
1-Day Unlimited Trip Pass $14.00
This pass is available on paper or it can be
loaded onto a SmarTrip
®
card. It allows a full
day of unlimited rides and is activated upon
initial use. The pass expires when Metrorail
closes: midnight on weeknights and 3 a.m.
on weekends.
7-Day Short-Trip Pass $35.00
This pass is available on paper only. It allows
unlimited rides costing $3.50 or less, 5:30 to
9:30 a.m. and 3 to 7 p.m. on weekdays and
midnight-closing on Friday and Saturday for
seven consecutive days. The pass is valid for
any trip at all other times. If a trip costs more
than $3.50, use the Exitfare machine to add
fare. The pass is activated upon initial use.
7-Day Fast Pass $57.50
This pass is not available on paper; it can only
be loaded onto a SmarTrip
®
card. It allows
unlimited rides for seven consecutive days and
is activated upon initial use.
28-Day Pass $230.00
This pass is not available on paper; it can only
be loaded onto a SmarTrip
®
card. It allows
unlimited rides for 28 consecutive days and is
activated upon initial use.
Metrobus passes
7-Day Regional Bus Pass $16.00
It allows unlimited rides regionwide on regular
Metrobuses. On express buses, it covers $1.60 of
the $3.65 fare.
7-Day Regional
Senior/Disabled Bus Pass $8.00
It allows unlimited rides regionwide on all
buses. Only customers with proper ID cards can
buy and use these passes.
These bus passes are not available on paper;
they can only be loaded onto a SmarTrip
®
card.
The pass is activated the first time you use it
and is valid for seven consecutive days. Add the
regional bus pass to your SmarTrip
®
card at any
Metro sales office, regional transit store or at
selected retail outlets. For locations, please visit
wmata.com or call 202-637-7000.
