Interagency Transfers

SamTrans accepts the following Bay Area public transit agencies' valid fare documents on any SamTrans fixed-route service as indicated:

Transit Agency  

Fare credit

AC Transit*  

31-day AC Transit pass holder receives a local/express fare credit on SamTrans within 2 hours of first boarding and tagging their Clipper card on AC Transit or by presenting an inter-agency voucher by requesting to the AC Transit operator.

SamTrans Monthly Pass holder receives local fare credit to AC Transit Route M within 2 hours of tagging Clipper card on SamTrans or by presenting the SamTrans paper Monthly Pass. Monthly Pass customers with 2 or more zones receive a local/express fare credit on any SamTrans bus at any time.

Caltrain  

Eligible Discount (Seniors and Youth) Monthly Pass holders get local/express fare and local fare credits for any SamTrans bus at any time. 

Dumbarton Express  

Dumbarton Express 31-day Ticket customers receive a local/express fare credit if they board SamTrans within 2 hours of first boarding and tagging their Clipper card on DB Express (SamTrans Clipper Monthly Pass customers will receive a local fare credit on Dumbarton Express within 2 hours of tagging on SamTrans). 

Muni  

The SFMTA provides a 50-cent discount off an adult single ride for customers when transferring to Muni within 120 minutes from tagging their Clipper card on SamTrans (does not apply to cable car or special routes).

VTA*  

VTA Monthly Pass customers receive a local/express fare credit if they board SamTrans within 2 hours of first boarding and tagging their Clipper card on VTA. (SamTrans Monthly Pass customers receive a local fare credit if they board VTA within 2 hours of first boarding and tagging their Clipper Card on SamTrans.) 

 

* VTA and AC Transit customers will need cash value on their Clipper card in addition to their passes if they transfer to SamTrans Routes 398, 292, 397 and FCX out of San Francisco. If customers don't have the cash value on Clipper, they must pay the full fare in cash, forfeiting the transfer discount. Effective 1/1/20, Routes 398, 292 and 397 are changing to Local route fare and the regular fare on Express fare will be in effect.