Clipper

County Connection

Ways to Pay

Tap your Clipper card or contactless bank card every time you board

Note: Clipper is not accepted on routes 250 and 260 and the Alamo Creek Shuttle.

Paying with Clipper

County Connection accepts the following on a Clipper card:

  • Cash value: For single rides. Adult Clipper card customers save $0.50 cents on all routes. Youth Clipper, Clipper START save $1.50 on all routes. Senior and disabled riders get a $.0.25 cent discount on all routes. You need a cash value balance of at least $1.75 on an adult or Youth Clipper card to board. You need $0.75 cents on a Senior or RTC Clipper card.
  • Automatic Day Pass: Kicks in after you spend the daily maximum ($3.75 for adults and youth and $1.75 for seniors and disabled Clipper card holders) on rides on County Connection, Tri Delta Transit, WestCAT (except Lynx) and Wheels, all rides on those services are free for the rest of the day.
  • East Bay regional express 31-day pass: Unlimited rides for 31 days on County Connection, Tri Delta Transit, WestCAT (except Lynx) and Wheels local routes. County Connection riders can use cash value to pay an upgrade fee for adults and youth on express routes.

Passes are available for adult, youth, senior, Clipper START and Clipper Access. Learn more about managing 31-day passes.

Transferring with Clipper

Clipper knows when to give you free and discounted rides when you transfer.

County Connection County Connection: within 2 hours of first boarding County Connection.

Any transfer to County Connection from the transit agencies listed below (within two hours of boarding first agency) will result in a discount of $2.85 off your total adult trip price. If you have a Youth, Senior, Clipper Access or Clipper START card, you’ll receive the proportional discount when transferring to County Connection.

  • BART: One discounted ride within 2 hours of exiting BART, followed by one additional free ride on County Connection, Tri Delta Transit, and Wheels local and express routes and WestCAT local routes within 2 hours of boarding first bus.
  • FAST
  • SolTrans
  • Tri Delta Transit
  • WestCAT
  • Wheels
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