SmarTrip®
More than a smart card. It's pure genius.
Note: For
questions or problems with, your SmarTrip® card, call
888/762-7874
or send us an email using the
SmarTrip® User comment form
- SmarTrip® news
- Register your SmarTrip® card
- How to use your SmarTrip® card (video)
- Discover the security and convenience of SmarTrip®
- It's easy to buy SmarTrip®
SmarTrip cards are now available at these select Giant locations.
- Adding value to SmarTrip® is as easy as using it
- Points to remember
SmarTrip® news
- SmarTrip® now accepts a used farecard of any denomination to be added to its value.
- New Senior SmarTrip® card released
- SmarTrip® promotional page in Spanish available. See SmarTrip®, una tarjeta tan inteligente como tú.
Discover the security and convenience of SmarTrip®.
SmarTrip® is a permanent, rechargeable farecard. It's plastic – like a credit card – and is embedded with a special computer chip that keeps track of the value of the card. The benefits of using SmarTrip® include:
- Using SmarTrip® is easy and fast! Instead of inserting a farecard through the Metrorail faregate slot, you simply touch the SmarTrip® card to the circular target panels on top of or inside station faregates. Likewise, you can tap the SmarTrip® farebox on Metrobus to pay your fare with SmarTrip®. see the SmarTrip® on Metrobus Fact/FAQ sheet.
- SmarTrip® also has the advantage of allowing you to pay fares on numerous providers with just one card. The following area transit providers accept SmarTrip®:
- You may add up to $300 in Metro value on a SmarTrip® card, so it can last a long time between charging. See how to add value to SmarTrip®.
- If you lose the card, you don't lose the value. For a $5 fee to replace the card itself, we'll issue you a new SmarTrip® card with the value on the card at the time you notified us it was lost. For this important replacement feature, you must register your card. You can register your SmarTrip® card online or, if you are purchasing SmarTrip® from a sales office, a SmarTrip® application that you can print, complete and take with you.
Does your employer provide the Metrochek transit benefit to you? Your employer can load the value of your Metrochek benefit onto your SmarTrip® card using SmartBenefits®. Ask your employer about it.
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, YOU CAN NOW PURCHASE SMARTRIP CARDS AT THE FOLLOWING GIANT LOCATIONS |
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6524 Landover Road Landover, MD 20785 | 7074 Allentown Road |
12051 Rockville Pike |
16837 Crabbs Branch Way |
5463 Wisconsin Avenue | 7546 Annapolis Road |
6000 Greenbelt Road |
7142 Arlington Road |
3104 Queens Chapel Road | 3521 East West Highway |
20 Audrey Lane |
4119 Branch Avenue |
6451 Marlboro Pike | 11221 New Hampshire Avenue |
1280 East-West Highway |
1050 Brentwood Road, NE |
1414 Eighth Street, NW | 1345 Park Road, NW |
3336 Wisconsin Avenue, NW |
4303 Connecticut Avenue, NW |
3450 Washington Boulevard | 2901-11 South Glebe Road |
7137 Columbia Pike |
6426 Springfield Plaza |
3115 Lee Highway | 3480 South Jefferson Street |
1535 Alabama Avenue, S.E. |
Westgate Plaza, 8025 Sudley Road |
| Manassas Junction, 8819 Centerville Road |
Wellington Station, 10100 Dumfries Road |
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It's easy to buy SmarTrip®.
- Purchase online with your Visa, Mastercard or Discover card. The total cost of buying online is $30. That's because your SmarTrip® card will be mailed to you with $25 in value already on the card.
- Purchase at Metro sales offices, retail outlets and commuter stores for $5. SmarTrip® cards are also sold for $10 (with $5 value loaded) through vending machines at all stations where parking is available. See parking page for details.
- Note: Senior citizens (65 and older) must have proof of age to purchase a reduced fare Senior SmarTrip® card. Persons with disabilities must have a valid Metro Disability ID card to purchase the reduced fare SmarTrip® card.
Points to remember
- You must use the same SmarTrip® card to enter and exit the Metrorail system; to pay discounted transfer fares on bus and rail; and to pay discounted rates in Metro parking lots.
- A SmarTrip® card is used in place of a Metrorail paper farecard on Metrorail and cash/tokens on Metrobus. (Each rider must have his/ her own SmarTrip® card, farecard or pass.)
- You may transfer the value of an unused farecard or Metrocheks worth any value onto a SmarTrip® card. Each trade-in requires a separate transaction.
- A maximum value of $300 can be added onto a SmarTrip® card.
- A SmarTrip® card will let you take one trip which results in a negative balance, but value must be added before it can be used again on Metrorail or Metrobus.
- When adding value, remember that your transaction begins and ends with a touch of the SmarTrip® card to the circular target.
- Should the faregate fail to open, please see the station manager.
- The remaining value on a registered SmarTrip® card that is lost or stolen can be replaced when reported. Cash refunds not available.
- If you have questions or problems with, your SmarTrip® card, call 888/762-7874 or send us an e-mail using the SmarTrip® User comment form.
- Please note that until further notice defective SmarTrip cards cannot be replaced at the Metro Center or Pentagon sales office.
- Senior citizens (65 and older) must have proof of age to purchase a reduced fare Senior SmarTrip® card. Persons with disabilities must have a valid Metro Disability ID card to purchase the reduced fare SmarTrip® card.
