MARC Ticketing Options
(Last Updated 3/2008)

One-way Tickets
Good for one trip in either direction.  This ticket is non-refundable and is good for 6 months. Not valid for travel on Amtrak.

Ten-Trip Tickets
Good for ten (10) one-way trips regardless of direction for one rider or multiple riders traveling together.  Refundable before first use or not expired.  The ticket is valid for 60 days from date of sale.  Not valid for travel on Amtrak.

Weekly Tickets
Valid for use beginning on Saturday of designated week until midnight of the following Friday. May be used on selected Amtrak trains.  See Monthly/Weekly Ticket Holders Privileges below for Amtrak and additional uses.

Monthly Tickets
Good for unlimited use during the calendar month for which the ticket is valid.  See Monthly/Weekly Ticket Holders Privileges below for Amtrak and additional uses.

Group Tickets (10 or more passengers)
Customers must notify the MARC Operations Center two weeks prior to departure at 410-454-7010 between the hours of 9:30 AM and 12:30 PM, Monday through Friday.

MARC Transit Link Card (TLC)
Combines a MARC monthly and WMATA ticket.  Valid for additional unlimited monthly use of the Washington Metrorail system, including weekend travel. 

The recent Metro fare increases will raise the cost of the MARC and Commuter Bus Transit Link Cards (TLC). Effective January 6, 2008 the cost of a MARC TLC will be $80 plus the cost of a monthly ticket. The new rates will go into effect for both MARC Train and Commuter Bus services with the purchase of a February monthly ticket. 

 Add $80.00 to regular cost of MARC monthly ticket.  Click HERE for more information.

Monthly/Weekly Ticket Holders Privileges
These privileges are granted to Monthly or Weekly ticket holders ONLY.

Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)
Monthly/Weekly tickets can be used on MTA Local Buses, Neighborhood Shuttle Service, Light Rail, Baltimore Metro Subway and MTA Commuter Bus Route #991 between the Monocacy MARC Station and the Shady Grove Metrorail Station.

Washington (WMATA) Metrobuses
Monthly/Weekly tickets can be used on WMATA’s Metrobus system, good for the base fare on all Metrobuses in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.

Montgomery County RIDE-ON Buses
Monthly/Weekly tickets can be used on Montgomery County RIDE-ON buses.

Amtrak Cross Honoring
There are three (3) ways that MARC riders can use their monthly/weekly ticket to ride Amtrak Trains.  All Amtrak regional trains are now reserved daily; however, MARC monthly/weekly tickets will continue to be valid on certain trains. 
1.  MARC passengers can use monthly (including TLC tickets) and weekly tickets, on days that MARC operates, on Amtrak trains shown in the current MARC timetable.  Travel is restricted to the points indicated by the footnotes in the timetable.  Please note that many trains have restrictions on what city pairs MARC tickets are accepted.  Tickets must also be of the same or longer destinations to be honored.  For example, a Washington-Edgewood ticket is NOT good between Washington and Aberdeen.  Please note that Amtrak train 151 WILL NOT accept MARC passengers at Baltimore or BWI, regardless of the origin of the ticket.

2. MARC monthly and weekly ticket holders may ride Amtrak Reserved Regional trains that depart the boarding station before 6:00am or after 10:00pm Monday through Friday on days that MARC operates.  No additional step up fee is required.  This rule presently applies to Amtrak trains 187, 177, 169, 180 & 190.

3. On weekends and holidays that MARC does not operate, monthly and weekly tickets are good on CERTAIN Amtrak reserved Regional trains for no additional charge.  Monthly and weekly tickets are NOT valid on any premium service (Metroliner or Acela Express) or Reserved Regional trains 87, 135, 152, 156, 192 & 194; or any long distance trains operating outside of the MARC Penn Line service area.

Additional Use for ALL MARC Tickets
MARC and Virginia Railway Express (VRE) are pleased to announce the cross honoring program of each other’s tickets.
VRE tickets can be used on northbound MARC Trains departing Washington before noon.  In the afternoon VRE tickets are good on MARC Trains arriving in Washington after noon.  The same arrangement is available for MARC riders using southbound VRE departures from Washington before noon and northbound trips returning to Washington after noon.