Fares & passes
Metrobus fares
- $1.25 using SmarTrip
$1.35 using cash - $3 express routes using SmarTrip
$3.10 express routes using cash - Senior/disabled fare is 60¢
Express Buses: B30, P17, P19, W13, 5A, 11Y, 17A, 17B, 17G, 17H, 17K,17L, 17M, 18E, 18G, 18H, 18P, 29E, 29G, 29H, 29X.
Exact change: Bus drivers do not carry money. Please have your pass, transfer or exact fare ready when you board.
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.
Senior citizens 65 and older, persons with disabilities and customers with a Medicare card and valid photo ID 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 valid photo ID and pay the reduced fare. On Metrobus in Maryland's Montgomery and Prince George's counties, seniors age 65 years or older or Disabled with valid Metro ID Card, Weekdays 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
For more information about qualifying for a Metro ID card and buying Reduced Fare farecards, SmarTrip® cards and passes, see Metro Senior ID and Metro Disability ID information or call 202/637-7000 (TTY 202/638-3780).
Free orientations on how to use accessible Metrobus and Metrorail services are available to persons with disabilities and senior citizens by calling 202/962-1100 (TTY 202/962-2033).
For visiting persons with disabilities who reside outside the WMATA service area, Metro will issue a one-time courtesy WMATA disability ID card good for up to one month and issued one-time only. The customer must present qualifying documentation at the Metro Headquarters Sales office only, at 600 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001. The customer may also use a valid Medicare card and valid photo ID.
Visiting seniors who reside outside the WMATA service area must show photo ID that indicates their date of birth (65+) to be eligible.
Transfers
Metrobus to Metrobus — If you pay your fare with cash or tokens, ask your driver for a free transfer. It’s valid for unlimited Metrobus connections (including round trips) within a two-hour period. If you pay your fare with a SmarTrip card, you don't need to use paper transfers.
Metrorail to Metrobus — Rail-to-bus transfers are worth 90¢ off your bus fare, whether you ride a regular or express route and whether you pay with cash or a SmarTrip card.
Bus fare with transfer:
- Regular route using SmarTrip 35¢
- Regular route using cash 45¢
- Express route using SmarTrip $2.10
- Express route using cash $2.20
Seniors and customers with disabilities with a Metro ID or Medicare card and valid photo ID ride free with this transfer.
Other fares and transfers —MARC Transit Link cards, MARC weekly and monthly passes and VRE passes and tickets are valid for regular fares. Transfers from other buses are valid for full or partial fares on Metrobus.
Special fares
In Fairfax County, Virginia:
$1.00
Rts. 2T, 2W, 3T, 12C-D-E-F-L-M-R-S, 18R-S, 20F-W-X-Y, 24T and 28T.
Transferring to a regular Metrobus from one of these buses is free. Transferring to an Express bus costs $1.75.
In Anacostia:
75¢
Rts. 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.
D.C. public school fares
School tokens in the District of Columbia only for eligible students. Rail-to-bus transfers are free for eligible D.C. school students within the District of Columbia and at Silver Spring, Friendship Heights, Naylor Road, Southern Ave 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.
Metrorail fares
Regular fare (In effect on weekdays from opening to 9:30 a.m., 3-7 p.m. and 2 a.m. to closing)
- $1.65 minimum
$4.50 maximum
Reduced fare (All other times)
- $1.35 minimum
$1.85 mid-range
$2.35 maximum
For fares between stations, go to Metrorail station page and click on the station where you are starting your trip.
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.
Metrorail senior-disabled fares (All times)
- 1/2 of the regular fare
Senior citizens 65 and older, persons with disabilities and customers with a Medicare card and valid photo ID 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 valid photo ID and pay the reduced fare.
For more information about qualifying for a Metro ID card and buying Reduced Fare farecards, SmarTrip® cards and passes, see Metro Senior ID and Metro Disability ID information or call 202/637-7000 (TTY 202/638-3780).
Free orientations on how to use accessible Metrobus and Metrorail services are available to persons with disabilities and senior citizens by calling 202/962-1100 (TTY 202/962-2033).
For visiting persons with disabilities who reside outside the WMATA service area, Metro will issue a one-time courtesy WMATA disability ID card good for up to one month and issued one-time only. The customer must present qualifying documentation at the Metro Headquarters Sales office only, at 600 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001. The customer may also use a valid Medicare card and valid photo ID to purchase the discounted farecards at our Metro sales office locations and retail locations.
Visiting seniors who reside outside the WMATA service area must show photo ID that indicates their date of birth (65+) to be eligible to purchase specially-encoded $10 senior discount paper farecards at our Metro sales offices and some retail locations. Note: Senior farecards cannot be purchased at Metrorail station farecard vending machines or from station managers.
