Seattle Monorail now accepting ORCA fare payment

The Seattle Center Monorail today will begin accepting the ORCA card as a fare payment option. The ORCA card is also valid on the Sound Transit Link light-rail and Sounder commuter-rail services.

Enabling use of ORCA on the monorail system will “improve its integration with the region's other transit options and foster greater monorail use to access Seattle Center's many destinations,” Sound Transit officials said in a press release. The Seattle Center is a 74-acre arts, educational, tourism and entertainment center.

The monorail was build in 1962 to offer a connection from the Westlake Center Mall in downtown Seattle to the Seattle Center. In 2018, the monorail carried over 2 million passengers, officials said.

Seattle Center Monorail is operated by Seattle Monorail Services for the city of Seattle.