Fare Products/Card Types

You can use an ORCA card for three different types of transportation products: an E-purse, a regional pass or an agency pass.

• E-purse
  An E-purse is stored transportation value used just like cash to pay your fare (except for WSF vehicle, bicycle and surcharge fares). The E-purse product may also be used in combination with a pass (except at WSF). The fare due for your ride will be deducted from the transportation value in your E-purse, allowing you to "pay as you go".
• Regional Pass
  A regional pass lets you travel on all transit services in the region for a specified period of time. The pass is valid for payment of trip fares up to the value of your pass. On your ORCA card, a regional pass works like a monthly PugetPass and is valid on: Community Transit, Everett Transit, King County Metro Transit, Kitsap Transit, Pierce Transit and Sound Transit.
• Agency Pass
  An agency pass covers multiple rides on a specific agency’s transit services. An agency product may include a Washington State Ferries or other agency-specific monthly pass valid only on the agency services for which the pass was purchased. Washington State Ferries’ passenger Monthly pass on an ORCA card is set for unlimited rides for the calendar month.

Use any of these fare payment options as your travel needs dictate. Regular riders can still use an ORCA card as a monthly pass for a set price, while infrequent riders can load their card with an E-purse. The E-purse holds stored transportation value that works just like cash on transportation services (except for WSF vehicle, bicycle and surcharge fares).

Riders who currently purchase a combination agency pass, such as a Washington State Ferries/Kitsap Transit Cross Sound monthly pass, will have to select the products separately by loading two different agency products. For assistance, please call 1-888-988-6722 or TTY Relay: 711/1-888-889-6368.

By loading your ORCA with both a pass and a stored value E-purse, you will have extra transportation value on your card to cover any fares you need to pay after a pass has expired, to pay for transfers that require additional payment or to pay for a companion's fare (except at WSF vehicle tollbooths).