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How to Buy a Washington DC Metro Subway Pass

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Buy a Washington DC Metro Subway Pass

Want to buy a Washington DC Metro Subway pass for your next trip? If so, this tourist information article is for you.

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    Things You'll Need

    • Credit card
      • 1

        To buy your Washington DC Metro pass, point your web browser to this page on Washington DC's subway system web site:

        http://www.wmata.com/fares/purchase/store/

      • 2
        Farragut West stop

        Choose the subway pass you'd like to buy and click "add to cart".

        You'll want a "metrorail" pass, which is the subway.

      • 3

        You can choose from:
        -1 day unlimited pass
        -7 day unlimited "short trip" pass (this is the cheaper of the 7 day subway passes and should be fine unless you plan to travel very far into the suburbs)
        -SmarTrip card (This card works like cash, so you pay for each trip separately. A good choice if you plan to travel to Washington DC again in the future or if you aren't taking many trips per day)

      • 4

        Once you pick your transportation pass, proceed to check out and buy it. Your pass will come in the mail.

    Tips & Warnings

    • You can also buy bus passes, but the subway is much easier to use

    • If you fly into Reagan National Airport, after you buy your pass you can hop right onto the Metro from the airport.

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    • Photo Credit Craig Toocheck, Craig Wiggins, Sander ten brakel

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