SamTrans

Riding with Clipper

Tag your card every time you board.

Paying with Clipper

SamTrans accepts the following on a Clipper card:

  • Cash value: For single rides. Adult Clipper customers get discounts of 20 cents on all routes. Youth, senior and disabled riders get a discount of 10 cents on all routes.

  • SamTrans Monthly Pass: Unlimited rides for adults on any route. Available for sale from the 21st of the prior month through the 15th of the month.

  • SamTrans Eligible Discount Monthly Pass: Unlimited rides for senior and disabled riders on any route. Available for sale from the 21st of the prior month through the 15th of the month.

  • SamTrans Youth Monthly Pass: Unlimited rides for youth riders on any route. Available for sale from the 21st of the prior month through the 15th of the month.

  • Caltrain Monthly Pass (2 or more zones): Unlimited rides for adults on any route. Available for sale from the 21st of the prior month through the 15th of the month.

Transferring with Clipper

Clipper knows when to give you free and discounted rides when you transfer.

AC Transit transferring to SamTrans
Free ride within 2 hours of boarding AC Transit or Dumbarton Express when using an AC Transit 31-day pass.
VTA transferring to SamTrans
Free ride within 2 hours of boarding VTA when using a VTA monthly pass.

Get free or discounted rides when you transfer from SamTrans to AC Transit, Muni and VTA.