SmarTrip is Your Ticket to Ride
SmarTrip is how to pay for fare on all Metrorail stations in DC, Maryland and Virginia, Metro parking garages and lots, Metrobus routes, MTA, and partner regional bus providers.
SmarTrip Benefits:
- One payment method for rail, bus, and parking
- Contactless mobile payments on your smartphone and watch
- Auto Reload and never worry about reloading again
- One payment method for rail, bus, and parking
- Balance Protection if your plastic card is lost or stolen
- In addition to Metro trains, buses, and garages, SmarTrip is also accepted on Arlington Transit (ART), Fairfax Connector, Loudon Country Transit, and OmniRide (Potomac and Rappahannock Transit Commission - PRTC)
How to Use SmarTrip
- Plastic cards - tap your SmarTrip card to the circular targets on a rail fare gate, bus fare box, or Metro-owned parking garage target. Learn more about using plastic SmarTrip cards ⇾
- Mobile Pay - hold your mobile device above the reader at a rail fare gate, bus fare box, or Metro-owned parking garage target. Learn more about SmarTrip on mobile devices ⇾
Customer Service
Contact Customer Service by emailing smartrip@wmata.com, and/or by calling our SmarTrip department directly at (888) SMARTRIP (888-762-7874), 7 am - 8 pm, Monday - Friday (Except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day).
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