Rider News:
ORCA has replaced most paper transfers
Effective Jan. 1, 2010, transferring between buses and trains in King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties has changed. Paper transfers have been replaced with electronic transfers on ORCA cards for trips that involve transferring between agencies.
While King County Metro and Pierce Transit will still offer paper transfers that are good within their own systems, Community Transit and Sound Transit will switch to all-electronic transfers.
Cash is still accepted by all seven of the ORCA partner agencies. Riders using cash instead of an ORCA card to transfer between different agencies' systems will pay the full fare for each leg of their ride. Learn more about ORCA options >>>
Paper transfers on the bus
- Effective January 1, 2010, Sound Transit no longer accepts paper transfers.
- Effective January 1, 2010, Sound Transit no longer issues paper transfers.
Sounder or Central Link single-trip tickets
- Effective January 1, 2010, Sound Transit no longer accepts single trip tickets or day passes for transfers between different Sound Transit services.
A single trip ticket is valid fare for the service for which it was purchased, between the stops noted on the ticket, in the direction shown, for up to two hours after purchase. Riders using cash instead of an ORCA card to transfer between one mode of service and another, or to transfer between one transit agency and another, will pay the full fare for each leg of their ride.
