Fares

Welcome aboard SamTrans! The bus is an inexpensive way to travel throughout San Mateo County and into parts of San Francisco and Palo Alto.

 

 

Local/Express Fare
  Cash or Mobile# Clipper# Day Pass (Cash or Mobile) Monthly
Pass (Clipper)
Adult
(Age 19 through 64)
$2.25 $2.05 $4.50 $65.60
Youth*
(Age 18 & younger)

Eligible Discount**
(Senior / Disabled / Medicare cardholder)
$1.10 $1.00 $2.00 $27.00


* Children: Two children age 4 or younger may travel free with each Adult or Eligible Discount fare-paying passenger. Additional children are subject to the Youth fare.

** Seniors (65 years or older) and passengers with disabilities, who present a Regional Transit Connection Discount Card or a current Disabled Placard Identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles or a valid transit discount card issued by another California transit agency which is equivalent to the RTCDC, or those who are Medicare cardholders may ride for a discounted fare.

Monthly Pass is sold from the 21st of the prior month through the 15 of the month when the pass is valid. For example, January Monthly Pass can be purchased from December 21 to January 15.

Caltrain Riders: The Caltrain 2+ Zone Clipper Monthly Pass functions as a SamTrans monthly bus pass for all Local/Express routes.