How to Buy

Download Umo app for digital payments

Download Umo and create your account. Read instructions on setting up the app here.

Once registered, you can add money to your wallet balance to pay as you ride. To take advantage of daily and monthly fare capping, customers must use their wallet balance.

Coming soon: Tap to pay! You will have the option to pay for fares with debit and credit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay without downloading an app. Daily fare capping benefits will be available for tap to pay users. 

NOTE: You cannot use both the reloadable fare card and Umo app. You must choose one.

Get a CapMetro Reloadable Fare Card

The NEW CapMetro Reloadable Fare card makes paying your fare easy. Simply tap your card at our NEW scanners - contactless payment is safer and can get you on the bus faster.

Visit the Transit store (1705 Guadalupe St.) to exchange any existing plastic cards for a NEW reloadable fare card or purchase a pre-loaded fare card at participating HEB locations.

Register your card at umopass.com and load it online, at the Transit Store or at participating retailers. 

NOTE: You cannot use both the reloadable fare card and Umo app. You must choose one.

Cash & Paper Passes

You can buy a Commuter Single Ride and paper day passes at Republic Square and East Side Bus Plaza as well as a Ticket Vending Machine (TVM) at any CapMetro Rail station. You can use cash or credit/debit cards at TVMs.

You can buy a Local single ride ticket or a paper day pass with exact change at the farebox on the bus with help from operator.

Paper passes are also available for purchase at the Transit Store (1705 Guadalupe St.) and participating retailers* and can continue to be used at the farebox. The Transit Store is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and our phone number is 512-389-7454.

*Availability of passes may vary depending on location, so please contact your local store to find out what they carry.