Dept. of Transportation
Metro Transit Division

King Street Center
201 S Jackson St
Seattle, WA 98104
Metro Online Home

How & where to purchase passes & ticketbooks

  • ORCA www.orcacard.com: ORCA Cards, which you can use for an "E-Purse", a regional pass, or a single agency pass.
  • Online Pass Sales Store: Ticketbooks, Metro reduced fare stickers and monthly Access Passes, as well as gift certificates*. PugetPasses are only available for businesses and agencies ordering five or more.
    • Next month's pass available for purchase by the 10th of the current month.
  • Metro Customer Service offices: ORCA Cards, Ticketbooks, Metro reduced fare stickers and monthly Access Passes.
    • Next month's pass available for purchase the 15th of the current month.
  • Metro's telephone and mail order office: Ticketbooks, Metro reduced fare stickers and monthly Access Passes, as well as gift certificates*. PugetPasses are only available for businesses and agencies ordering five or more.
    • Next month's pass available for purchase by the 10th of the current month.
  • Retail Locations: Select Passes and Metro Ticketbooks are sold at locations throughout Seattle and King County. Metro retail outlets require payment in cash and/or valid Commuter Bonus Vouchers. ORCA Retail outlets can add a PugetPass, agency specific pass, or e-purse. 
    • Next month's pass available for purchase the 15th of the current month.
  • Employer Commute Services: Bus Pass programs for businesses including the new ORCA Business Accounts, plus information about tax benefits. Employers can also still order regular monthly Puget Passes directly by using any of the ordering options shown above.

* Metro Gift Certificates are redeemable for transit fare media at Metro Customer Services offices or through Metro's mail order service. They are available in select amounts through Metro's Online Pass Sales Store and are available in any amount through Metro's Telephone and Mail Order Office.

For information including types of fares, zones and other fare facts, visit Metro Fare Information

Updated: Dec. 31, 2009