Metro Senior SmarTrip® Card

The new bright yellow Senior SmarTrip® card for citizens age 65 and older will enable seniors to get the discounted fare on Metrobus and Metrorail. A SmarTrip® card is easy to use and faster than a farecard. Just touch it to the target on a faregate or farebox. Reduced fare will automatically be deducted. SmarTrip® eliminates the need to carry cash, coins and transfers. You don't lose the value of a registered SmarTrip® card if the card is lost or damaged. For a $5 replacement fee, you'll get a new card with the value of the lost card at the time you notify Metro.

To purchase the card, seniors need to show a valid government issued photo ID with proof of age at any Metro sales office, commuter store and some public libraries located in the Prince George's and Montgomery counties. The Senior SmarTrip® card costs $5.

Press release: "Metro offers new senior SmarTrip® card"

Frequently asked questions regarding Senior SmarTrip®

Note: Effective June 29, 2008, Metro will no longer accept applications for the copper senior ID card, and will not renew any expiring senior cards. All active Metro senior ID cards will be honored at sales locations until the active card reaches its expiration date. All Senior SmarTrip® cards will also be honored whether the color is yellow or blue.

For locations of sales offices, regional commuter stores and local libraries, please call (202) 637-7000 (TTY 202-638-3780).

Visiting Seniors

If you are visiting the area, you may pay the reduced bus fare of 60 cents by showing the bus operator a valid Medicare Card and photo ID or you may show a valid government issued photo ID card with your date of birth at one of our sales locations to purchase the $6 Weekly Metrobus Weekly Senior Pass or the $10 Senior Metrorail Farecard.
Please note: Reduced fare SmarTrip® cards for senior citizens are not sold in vending machines located in Metro stations nor are parking fees reduced. In addition, the $5 fee for the Senior SmarTrip® card is the cost of the card. This card has no monetary value. To add value, you must load value using a blue Passes/Farecards machine at any Metrorail station or a bus farebox that accepts SmarTrip®.