Each machine has a sign at the top that says “Compass Vending Machine” - not something more to the point like Pay Transit Fares Here. Their role is not obvious for visitors unfamiliar with Metro Vancouver’s transit system. Ferries to Tsawwassen terminal.Īt Tsawwassen terminal, in the vending machines area of the arrivals section, next to the pop and chips, there are two Compass vending machines, which were installed in October.
With card in pocket, I rode a Victoria transit bus to Swartz Bay terminal and then B.C.
My Compass card arrived in the mail about a week after ordering. More details are at the website, and at the entertaining Ask Compass website, where dozens of arcane questions are posed and most are cheerfully answered.Īs you use up the value or the passes, add more by going to the Compass website or by going to a Compass vending machine (photos below). Pay a $6 deposit for the Compass card and buy “value” that goes toward fares, or buy up to three day passes for $9.75 each. Go to this Compass card website you need a credit card.
I didn’t want to go searching for a vending machine, or to line up at one. I bought my Compass card online while at home in Victoria, reasoning that it would be handy to have it before I arrived in Vancouver. How do you ride Vancouver transit with a Compass card? The short answer is: buy a Compass card and tap it on the blue Compass card logo when you board a Metro Vancouver bus or approach a train or SeaBus fare gate.īut behind that simple tap are a lot of details, and I review some of them here.Īfter years of testing and delay, TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s public transit system, fully rolled out its Compass fare payment system in January.
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