Two ways to get tickets

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Buy Tickets

At the Monorail or online

Tickets are on sale from the Monorail ticket vending machines at both Seattle Center and Westlake Station

We currently accept credit card and contactless payment only. Prices listed are one-way fares. Round trips are twice the price of a one-way.

Note: Fares are increasing beginning January 1, 2025. More Info Here.

  • Adult (age 19-64) $3.50
  • Youth (age 6-18) $1.75
  • Reduced Rate $1.75

    Seniors 65+, disabled, persons with Medicare cards, U.S. military with ID, ORCA LIFT cards accepted

  • Kids under 5 FREE
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Online

Mobile ticketing

Skip the line for buying tickets
at the ticket vending machine!

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  • One Way $3.50
  • Round Trip $7.00

Mobile ticketing options are only available at this price. To buy a reduced rate ticket, you must purchase one directly from a ticket vending machine and may be asked to show ID.

Tap and Pay

with an orca card

How To Use ORCA at the Monorail

1.

Go straight to the faregates (no need to wait in line at the ticket vending machines)!

2.

Look for a faregate with the yellow ORCA reader

3.

Tap your card on the ORCA reader – A valid card will open the faregate.

4.

Proceed through the faregate and into the monorail loading zone.

Just like a bus, you only tap your ORCA card when entering, do not tap when exiting.

ORCA Transfers are accepted within the two-hour transfer window. Paper tickets/transfers are not accepted.

With the launch of the new ORCA system in May 2022, each rider must have their own ORCA card (1 card per person). ORCA cards cannot be tapped multiple times, regardless of pass type or E-Purse value.

Youth (ages 6-18) with a valid Youth ORCA card will receive $0 fare upon tapping their card at the Seattle Center Monorail. Youth without a valid youth ORCA card must purchase a monorail ticket from a monorail ticket vending machine. Student IDs & verbal communication of age are not accepted for free youth ORCA fare.

Full ticket fare is required. Passengers are responsible for paying for fare difference that arise from differences in PugetPass value, transfer value from a different ORCA agency with a lower fare, or insufficient balance; payment of the remaining balance can be paid with ORCA E-Purse.

All ORCA issues are addressed by King County Metro’s Customer Service. Please call 206-553-3000 for assistance including questions or issues (ticket validation, refunds, payment issues, etc) with ORCA products.  

For more info on purchasing an ORCA card and where you can use ORCA.