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 include:
- 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 ART, DASH, Fairfax Connector, Cue, RideON, TheBus, DC Circulator, Loudon Country Transit, and Potomac and Rappahannock Transit/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 using the
customer comment form or by calling (888) SMARTRIP (888-762-7874), Monday through Friday, 7 AM - 8 PM EST.
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