The Clipper card is a reloadable contactless smart card. This card is a credit card-sized stored-value card capable of holding both cash value and transit passes.
Type of Cards
- Youth Clipper card
- Senior Clipper card
- RTC Clipper card
- Limited-use Muni ticket
- Limited-use Golden Gate Ferry ticket
Features of Clipper Card
- Load cash value, passes or any combination on a single card for all your transit trips.
- Easy Top-up or Reload
- Clipper is currently accepted on 24 transit services
- Clipper cards are accepted at some electronic bicycle lockers operated by Bay Wheels, the Bay Area’s bikeshare system.
- They are also accepted at some electronic bicycle lockers operated by Bikelink.
- Automatic reload your card.
Where to use Clipper Card?
- AC Transit
- BART
- Caltrain
- City Coach
- County Connection
- Dumbarton Express
- FAST
- Golden Gate Ferry
- Golden Gate Transit
- Marin Transit
- Muni
- Petaluma Transit
- SamTrans
- San Francisco Bay Ferry
- Santa Rosa CityBus
- SMART
- SolTrans
- Sonoma County Transit
- Tri Delta Transit
- Union City Transit
- Vine
- VTA
- WestCAT
- Wheels
- BART Daily Fee Parking (validation only)
- Bay Wheels (access only)
- BikeLink (access only)
How to Buy/Top-Up Clipper card?
You can buy and top-up your Clipper card:
- Online
- Walgreens and nearest retailer
- self-serve machine
- staffed location
- Clipper App
How to top-up your Clipper card through App?
- Download the Clipper App
- Open and Sign in to your Clipper account
- Select the “Cards” tab at the bottom of your screen
- Enter “Load Cash Value or Passes”
- Select “Cash Value” to pay for rides on all transit services or select “Transit Pass” if you are a frequent rider for a specific transit agency.
- Select a cash amount or transit pass to load onto your Clipper card, tap “One-Time Load” or “Set Up As Auto-Reload” to automatically reload when your cash value is below $10
- Make the Payment
- Select “Done” and your new balance will update in the Clipper app
Download the Clipper APP
Contact Clipper Card Customer Service
Customer Care phone: 877.878.8883
TDD/TTY: 711 or 800.735.2929
Opening hours: Monday–Friday 7 a.m. – 7 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Email: custserv@clippercard.com
FAQs
1. What can you do with a Clipper card?
It’s a Clipper card that you can use to pay discounted fares on public transit around the Bay Area. Clipper offers other benefits: It manages your monthly discount passes, discount cash fares and transfers. If your card is lost or stolen, your balance is protected.
List of Travel (Smart) Card Worldwide
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