Ticket Types

One-way Ticket
Valid for use within four hours of the date and time sold. One-way tickets will be honored for one-way passage away from the point of origin, including stopovers/transfers, within the zone limits.

Day Pass
Day passes are honored for unlimited travel within zone limits. Valid for use through the last train on the service day on which sold.

8-ride Ticket
This ticket is valid for 60 days from date of purchase within zones indicated at time of purchase (Zone upgrades cannot be used).  When using the Clipper® card, customers must tag on at origin station and tag off at their destination station.  (Customers aren't required to tag off at stopover stations during validity period.)  The validation expires after four hours. Trip, including stopovers, must be completed by end of validation period. The 8-ride Ticket is available only on the Clipper card.

Monthly Pass
Valid for use for the calendar month for which issued. Monthly passes are honored for unlimited weekday trips between zones indicated on the pass. On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, the pass is honored for unlimited trips between all zones. 

The Monthly Pass is available only on the Clipper card.  Ticket sales start on the 21^st of the month and stop on the 9^th of the month that the pass is valid.  Monthly passes must be tagged by the 9^th of the month to activate them, including for Autoload customers.

Zone Upgrade Ticket
Valid for use within four hours of the date and time sold. Zone Upgrade tickets are valid only when accompanying another valid ticket (One-way, Day Pass or Monthly ticket) and cannot be used alone. The Zone Upgrade ticket will be honored for one-way passage for additional zones purchased beyond the original ticket's zone limits. The Zone Upgrade ticket's validity period does not supercede the original ticket's validity period.

ELIGIBLE DISCOUNT:
Senior / Disabled / Youth / Medicare Cardholder
Full fares will apply to all customers 18 years of age or older except those who qualify for an Eligible Discount ticket, which is approximately 50 percent of the full-fare price.

Definitions

Senior: customers 65 years of age or older.

Disabled: customers holding any of the following valid identification: Regional Transit Connection Discount Card; Registration for a permanent disabled California license plate or parking placard issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Youth: customers 17 years old or younger. When one or more children four years old or younger are accompanied by one paying adult, only one child will be transported free of charge. All other children must travel on Youth tickets.

Medicare cardholder: customers who have a Medicare card.

Go Pass
Employer-sponsored annual pass that offers unlimited rides on Caltrain through all zones, seven days a week for one low annual cost.

Group Sales
Travel together for field trips or with a big group of friends at a 15 percent savings over regular fares.

8/23/11 - rph