Cost to Ride

Fares vary based on the service, ride length, day, and time you ride.

Trip Planner is the best way to calculate your fare.

Metrorail
 

Regular Fare

Reduced Fare*

Weekday (5:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.)

$2.25 - $6.75

$1.10 - $3.35

Weekday (After 9:30 p.m.)
Weekends

$2.25 - $2.50

$1.10 - $1.25
Metrobus
 

Regular Fare

Reduced Fare*

Regular Routes

$2.25

$1.10

Express Routes

$4.80

$2.40
MetroAccess
   

Regular Fare

Regular Routes*

  

Up to
$4.50

*If the fastest, fixed-route, equivalent trip is a locally-operated transit service whose base fare is less than $2.25, MetroAccess customers can expect to be charged under $4.50.

Passes

Metrorail & Metrobus

Regular Price

Reduced Price*

1-Day Unlimited Pass

$13.50

  

3-Day Unlimited Pass

$33.75

  

7-Day Unlimited Pass

$60.75

  

7-Day Short-Trip Pass

$40.50

  

Monthly Unlimited Pass

$72.00 - $216.00

  

Regional Bus Pass

    

7-Day Pass

$13.50

$6.75

*Reduced fares are available for people with disabilities, seniors and customers enrolled in Metro Lift. Seniors and people with disabilities are also eligible for the reduced price 7-Day Regional Bus Pass. Read more at wmata.com/reducedfares

How to Pay for Your Metro Fare

Pay per Ride

Metrorail

  • Fares vary by time of day, day of the week the trip is taken, and the distance traveled between the origin and destination stations
  • Use Metro's Trip Planner to calculate fares

Children

  • Up to two children (age 4 and younger) can ride free with each fare-paying adult
  • Children age 5 and older pay regular fare
  • Metrorail and Metrobus trips are free for DC students who attend public, private, charter, or parochial schools through the DC Kids Ride Free program

Transfer Discounts

SmarTrip and Tap. Ride. Go. Transfer Discounts

  • Metrobus to Metrobus: Free, unlimited transfers within a 2-hour period
  • Metrobus to Metrorail, and Metrorail to Metrobus: Free transfers ($2.25 discount) within a 2-hour period. $2.25 discount does not cover the cost of transferring to/from express routes. SmarTrip card required.
  • Farragut Crossing: Free transfer between the Red line and Orange, Silver and Blue lines by exiting and entering through Farragut West and Farragut North

Pass product usage is not eligible for a transfer credit.

Regional Transit Partner Transfer Discounts (Must use a SmarTrip card for the discount.)

  • ART - Arlington Transit
    • Metrorail to ART: Free
    • ART to Metrorail: $2.25 discount | Seniors/K-12 Students: $1.10 discount
  • Fairfax Connector - includes the Reston Internal Bus System (RIBS)
    • Metrorail to bus: $2.25 discount (making most rides free)
    • Bus to Metrorail: $2.25 discount on Metrorail fares
    • Bus to bus: free (if Express, $2.25 then pay step-up fare)

View regional transit partner websites for additional information (navigate to the "NON-WMATA Bus Schedules" widget on the bottom right)