2007 Series Compass Card 2010 Series Compass Card |
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Location | San Diego County, California, USA |
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Technology | Contactless smart card by Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. |
Manager | San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) |
Currency | US$ (No stored value credit available at this time; 30-day and monthly passes maximum load) |
Auto recharge | Available upon request for registered cardholders |
Validity | MTS Bus |
MTS Trolley (except Silver Line) | |
NCTD Breeze | |
NCTD Coaster | |
NCTD Sprinter | |
Retailed |
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Variants | Adult Compass Card |
Youth Compass Card (50% Discount) |
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Senior-Disabled-Medicare Compass Card (75% Discount) | |
Website | http://compass.511sd.com |
The Compass Card is a form of electronic ticketing used on public transport services within San Diego County, California. It is administered by the San Diego Association of Governments and is valid on a number of different travel systems in San Diego County including MTS buses, the San Diego Trolley (with the exception of the Silver Line), North County Busses, the Coaster and the Sprinter. The card and fare collection systems are manufactured by Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. and SANDAG administers the Compass Call Center (CCC) a central call center for all agencies.
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The Compass Card is a orange or yellow, credit-card-sized contactless smartcard which can hold a Transit Pass. The Compass Card card must tapped on electronic readers when entering and transferring within the system in order to validate it. Compass Card readers are integrated in bus fareboxes and standalone readers are located just outside of the paid area of Rail stations. Because San Diego Trolley, the Coaster and the Sprinter are currently barrier free systems, fare inspectors check to make sure compass card users have validated their card by using a wireless handheld unit. The cards may be "recharged" in person from TVM's in Rail stations, at MTS or NCTD Transit Offices, at any VONS store or online. The card is designed to reduce the number of transactions at Customer Service Centers. Currently the San Diego Association of Governments only sells monthly passes on the compass card system-wide, and 14day passes via telephone, but plans to sell stored cash value cards in the future capable of automatically purchasing a day pass on the first "tap".
Customers will be able to perform the following transactions at the corresponding locations with a Compass Card as indicated below
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Available And Functioning Full Adult Fare ONLY |
Locations | Buy a new card |
Reload an existing card |
Pay with cash |
Pay with credit / debit |
Sign up for auto reload |
Register your card |
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The Transit Store | ||||||
Call 511 and say "Compass Card" | ||||||
Compass Card account management website | ||||||
Trolley, Coaster, and Sprinter ticket vending machines | ||||||
Select San Diego county Vons and check cashing locations |
The following process takes place when a user "taps" their card on a reader:
The next behavior depends on the reader:
Read errors that are displayed on the reader screen can include, but are not limited to:
SANDAG offers the following benefits to all Compass Card users:
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