Youth

Passengers must wear a face covering when riding or waiting for the bus, in accordance with public health guidance.

School Service Impacts: SamTrans reinstated limited school-day service on high-need routes that provide bus service to schools. Due to operating constraints posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, SamTrans is encouraging riders to plan for alternative modes to get to school and use SamTrans only if really needed, as we cannot send additional buses to increase capacity.

Please visit the Safe Routes to School website for more information on how students can get to school safely by walking and/or biking.

Status of routes can be found at www.samtrans.com/get2school.

SamTrans is dedicated to helping young people travel throughout San Mateo County safely and conveniently. We serve many destinations throughout San Mateo County and parts of San Francisco and Palo Alto. Check out our Youth Destination Interactive Map to see all of the places that can be reached by taking SamTrans or Caltrain.

SamTrans offers discounted fares for passengers 18 and younger, which applies to cash fares, Clipper cards or the free SamTrans Mobile ticketing app. Clipper cards are free for youth. We also offer a Summer Youth Pass. Find out more on our Youth Fares page