Where to Buy or Reload Compass Cards

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Monthly transit passes go on sale on the 20th of each month. For example, a person wishing to buy

their January monthly transit pass can do so as early as December 20. So buy early and beat the rush!

Get Your Transit Pass at Vons

Vons is the exclusive grocery store outlet for transit pass and Compass Card sales. Compass Cards can be purchased or reloaded at the Vons locations listed in the left column. Paper transit passes are available at all other San Diego County Vons locations as listed in the middle column. Transit passes and Compass Cards are available at Vons from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.  In the future, all Vons stores will sell and reload Compass Cards.    

Compass Cards can also be purchased and reloaded at Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) and North County Transit District (NCTD) locations. Please scroll down for other locations that sell or reload Compass Cards.

Get your transit pass on Compass Card at these

Vons locations

 

Bonita

4404 Bonita Rd.

Carlsbad

6951 El Camino Real

2560 El Camino Real

Chula Vista

360 East H St.

1745 Eastlake Pkwy.

2250 Otay Lakes Rd.

505 Telegraph Canyon Rd.

870 Third Ave.

Coronado

868 Orange Ave.

El Cajon

1201 Avocado Ave.

13439 Camino Canada

2800 Fletcher Pkwy.

950 North Second St.

Encinitas

262 North El Camino Real

Escondido

2345 East Valley Pkwy.

351 West Felicita Ave.

1000 West El Norte Pkwy.

Imperial Beach

665 Saturn St.

La Mesa

8011 University Ave.

Oceanside

845 College Blvd.

 

San Diego

4145 30th St.

3610 Adams Ave.

5555 Balboa Ave.

4725 Clairemont Dr.

10460 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.

620 Dennery Rd.

6155 El Cajon Blvd.

1702 Garnet Ave.

3993 Governor Dr.

3645 Midway Dr.

8310 Mira Mesa Blvd.

6555 Mission Gorge Rd.

2495 Truxtun Rd.

450 West University Ave.

San Marcos

671 South Rancho Santa Fe

Santee

9643 Mission Gorge Rd.

Spring Valley

933 Sweetwater Rd.

Vista

940 South Santa Fe

Paper transit passes are sold

at these Vons locations

 

Carlsbad

985 Tamarack Ave.

 

Del Mar

3850 Valley Centre Dr.

606 Del Mar Heights Rd.

 

Encinitas

453 Santa Fe Dr.

 

Escondido

330 W El Norte Pkwy.

 

La Jolla

7788 Regents Rd.

7544 Girard Ave.

 

La Mesa

5630 Lake Murray Blvd.

3681 Avocado Blvd.

 

Lakeside

12419 Woodside Ave.

 

Poway

13438 Poway Rd.

 

San Diego

11986 Bernardo Plaza

13255 Black Mountain Rd.

10675 Scripps Poway Pkwy.

3580 Murphy Canyon Rd.

10016 Scripps Ranch Blvd.

 

Solana Beach

931 Lomas Santa Fe Dr.

Metropolitan Transit System and

North County Transit District Locations

Escondido

NCTD Escondido Transit Center
796 W. Valley Parkway

Escondido, CA 92025

M-F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed holidays

Oceanside

NCTD Customer Service

810 Mission Avenue

Oceanside, CA 92054
M-F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed holidays

 

NCTD Oceanside Transit Center
313 S. Cleveland Street

Oceanside, CA 92054

M-F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed holidays

San Diego

MTS, The Transit Store

102 Broadway (corner of First Avenue)

San Diego, CA 92101

M-F 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed holidays


Other Compass Card locations

These locations sell transit passes on Compass Card.

San Diego

The Check Cashing Place

6913 Linda Vista Road

San Diego, CA 92111

M-Th     9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Friday   9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Sat.      9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sun.     Closed

The Check Cashing Place

4121 University Avenue

San Diego, CA 92105

M-F      7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Sat:      8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Sun:     10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

New Money Express

1255 Imperial Avenue, #120

San Diego, CA 92101

M-F      7 a.m. to  8 p.m.

Sat.      9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sun.     Closed

The Check Cashing Place

945 5th Avenue

San Diego, CA 92101

M-F      7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Sat.      9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sun.     10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Business Matters

336 Euclid Avenue Ste. 503

San Diego, CA 92114

M-F      9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sat.      9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sun.     Closed

 

 

El Cajon

The Check Cashing Place

354 N. 2nd Street

El Cajon, CA 92021

M-F      9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Sat.      9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sun.     Closed

 

National City

Big Ben Market

108 East 8th Street

National City, CA 91950

Daily: 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.