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The ORCA card (standing for One Regional Card for All) is a contactless, stored-value smart card system for public transit in the Puget Sound region of Washington, United States. The card is valid on most transit systems in the Seattle metropolitan area , including Sound Transit , local bus agencies, Washington State Ferries , the King County ...
ORCA cards cost $3 and can be refilled as you use them. Cards can be purchased online, by calling 888-988-6722, by visiting a ticket machine at Link light rail stations or Sounder train stations ...
The region's first commuter rail line, between Tacoma and Seattle, started in December 2000; the agency's first light rail line, Tacoma Link (now the T Line), began service in August 2003. Light rail service in Seattle on Central Link (now the 1 Line) began in 2009, and is the largest part of the Sound Transit system in terms of ridership.
The streetcar system also offers a day pass option that allows for unlimited rides within the service day. [128] ORCA card readers were added to the streetcar in April 2014, to replace an honor system used by cardholders. [131] [132] The fare was last changed in March 2015, with a slight reduction to match bus and light rail fares. [133]
Fares can be paid using cash, a paper transfer, the e-purse or passes on ORCA cards, or the Transit Go smartphone app. [61] Monthly and daily passes are available for ORCA cards, including the PugetPass and inter-agency regional passes. [62] The King County Metro fares as of September 1, 2022 are: [62]
The card also allowed free transfers within a two-hour period between transit agencies of equal value, with the difference for higher fare subtracted from the e-purse or prompting for cash. [157] While initially available for no fee, effective March 1, 2010, a $5 cost was added when ordering a standard adult or youth ORCA card. [158]
In October 2019, the monorail began accepting ORCA cards, the regional transit payment system, after five years of negotiations and a study over fare integration; [22] [23] since May 2023, youth ORCA cards are charged a $0 fare on the monorail as part of a statewide program to provide free transit for riders aged 18 years or younger. [24]
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