Metrobus Fares

  • Regular routes
    $1.50 using SmarTrip®
    $1.70 using cash
    75¢ seniors and people with disabilities
    (75¢ w/ Senior SmarTrip card/ $.85 using Cash, with proper Senior ID)
  • Express routes
    $3.65 using SmarTrip®
    $3.85 using cash
    $1.90 (using cash) $1.80 (using SmarTrip®) seniors and people with disabilities
  • Airport express routes
    $6
    $1.90 (using cash) $1.80 (using SmarTrip®) seniors and people with disabilities

Express Buses: J7, J9, P17, P19, W13, W19, 11Y, 17A, 17B, 17G, 17H, 17K,17L, 17M, 18E, 18G, 18H, 18P, 29E, 29G, 29H, 29X.

Airport Express Buses: Metrobus 5A service to Dulles International Airport and Metrobus B30 service to Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

Exact change: Bus drivers do not carry money. Please have your pass, transfer or exact fare ready when you board.

Metrobus passes: Money-saving weekly passes are available for unlimited travel on Metrobus.

Children's fares: Up to two children, 4 years and younger, ride free with each adult paying full fare. Children 5 and older pay adult fares. Special discounted student farecards and passes are available for District of Columbia residents.

Reduced fares for senior citizens and people with disabilities: Senior citizens 65 and older, people with disabilities, and customers with a Medicare card and valid photo ID ride for half the regular fare. On Metrobus, use fare media specifically created for use by senior citizens age 65 and older and people with disabilities to pay the reduced fare. The senior citizens and people with disabilities fare products include SmarTrip®, $7.50 weekly bus pass and a $10 farecard. You can also show a valid ID to the bus operator to pay the reduced Metrobus fare.

Acceptable valid forms of ID to participate in the reduced fare program include:

For more information about purchasing a SmarTrip® card and buying passes, see Senior SmarTrip® card or Metro Disability ID information or call 202-637-7000 or TTY 202-638-3780.

Metro will issue visitors a one-time courtesy Metro Disability ID card good for up to one month. You must present a valid transportation ID card from another transit agency along with a valid government-issued photo ID. Bring them to our Metro Transit Accessibility Center located at 600 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC. 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.

Free orientations on how to use Metrobus and Metrorail services are available to people with disabilities and senior citizens by calling 202-962-1100 or TTY 202-962-2033.

Transfers

Metro riders can take advantage of free bus-to-bus transfers within a two-hour time period and discounted rail-to-bus transfers by using a SmarTrip® card. Customers who use SmarTrip® instead of cash receive a 20-cent discount on bus fares, so it saves riders money too.

Metrobus to Metrobus: Bus-to-bus transfers with a SmarTrip® card are valid for free, unlimited Metrobus connections (including round trips) within a two-hour period. Metrobus to Metrorail: Metrobus riders who transfer to the Metrorail system will receive a discount of 50¢ if they use a SmarTrip® card.

Metrorail to Metrobus: Metrorail riders who transfer to Metrobus will receive a discount of 50¢ if they use a SmarTrip® card.

Special Fares

In Anacostia:

$1.00
Routes 94, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, M8, M9, W2, W3, W6, W8, W9 and southbound B2, P1, P2, P6, U2, and 90 at stops at or south of Good Hope Road. On these buses, you must pay the full regular fare to get a transfer.

DC Public School Fares

School tokens in the District of Columbia are only for eligible students. Rail-to-bus transfers are free for eligible DC school students within the District of Columbia and at Silver Spring, Friendship Heights, Naylor Road, Southern Avenue, and Capitol Heights stations.

Metrobus Hours of Operation

Metrobus operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but service intervals vary by time of day and by weekday/weekend to best meet demand. Please consult Metrobus timetables for service details on specific routes.


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