BART ticket machine
BART ticket machines sell:
- Standard ticket (fare card)
- BART Plus ticket (BART fare card and local transit pass)
Machines also allow riders to add values onto existing fare cards.
Standard tickets do not offer any type of discounts. If you want to buy discounted tickets, you will need to buy these online, by mail, or at selected locations.
The machines accept:
- Coins (Not all machines take $1 coins)
- Bills
- ATM, Debit and credit cards (Visa, MasterCard and Discover)
Machines can give change up to $4.95. If you have a $10 or $20 bill but want to buy a ticket $5 or less in value, use the adjacent bill changing machine to change to $5 bills.
How to use
- Determine which station you are heading to and how much the fare is. A chart is provided at every machine indicating one way and round trip fares.
- If you are buying a new ticket, insert cash or credit/debit card into the machine.
- The default value is $20 if you pay by a credit/debit card.
- If you are adding value to an old ticket, insert your old ticket first and then insert cash or credit/debit card.
- You can either print a ticket, select to buy multiple tickets, or adjust your the ticket value before printing.
- Pick up your ticket and change.
