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title: "Cable Car Single Ride"
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# Cable Car Single Ride

Share this: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Please purchase your cable car fare before boarding the vehicle.   To board cable cars at Powell & Market, Bay & Taylor and Hyde & Beach Streets, you must purchase your fare in advance (applies 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily).  Single ride fares can be purchased at a number of locations .  For all-day travel, you may want to purchase a  visitor Passport . Paper tickets are valid one year after a fare change.  Payment Options: MuniMobile® : The SFMTA’s official ticketing app, MuniMobile lets you buy tickets instantly through a credit/debit card, PayPal account, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Clipper® Card : Clipper is the all-in-one transit card for the Bay Area. Use your Clipper card on all major Bay Area transit systems, including Muni. Clipper® App on Your Phone :  Clipper is the all-in-one transit card for the Bay Area. Use your Clipper card on all Bay Area transit systems, including Muni.  Cash:  Exact change is required. Single ride fares can be purchased at a number of locations .  If buying five or more paper Cable Card tickets at once, you can now  purchase them online .  Youth : The cable car is free for youth ages 4 and under. San Francisco youth, ages 18 and under, can ride for free if they are in possession of a Free Muni for Youth Clipper card. San Francisco youth not in possession of a Free Muni Clipper card can apply online .  Cable car tickets are valid for a one-way trip only and not valid for transferring between cable car lines   To board cable cars in all other non-Terminal locations, or outside of Terminal kiosk hours of operation (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily), you may pay your fare to the cable car operator in cash with exact change only.   Single ticket to ride the historic cable car (no transfers) $9.00 Senior / Disabled / Medicare before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m. $4.00 Youth 4 and under $0.00