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On March 27, 2016, Metro unveiled a new SmarTrip card design, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Metrorail system opening. Beginning November 2016, MetroAccess cards, which permit use of Metro Access Paratransit and free trips on Metrobus and Metrorail, were replaced with a special personalized SmarTrip card with the user's photograph and ...
Metrobus farebox and SmarTrip reader. As of June 25, 2017, the Metrobus fare structure is as follows for cash and SmarTrip: [7] Local bus routes within the District of Columbia, Central Maryland and Northern Virginia: $2.00; Express bus routes (17B, 17G, 17K, 17L, 17M, 18G, and 18P): $4.25
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact; Long title: An Act to grant the consent of Congress for the States of Virginia and Maryland and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact to establish an organization empowered to provide transit facilities in the National Capital Region and for other purposes and to enact said amendment ...
The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, [4] is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus service under the Metro name. [ 5 ]
The Loudoun County Commuter Bus accepts payment via SmarTrip, a reloadable transit card issued by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. [2] Loudoun County Transit buses also operates local bus service through Sterling, Ashburn, and Leesburg, providing connections to Silver Line metro stations. Virginia Regional Transit only ...
The Silver Line station at Dulles International Airport opened in November 2022, connecting the Washington Metro system to the city's major international airport for the first time. Dulles Airport uses an underground rail system, called AeroTrain, to connect concourses B and C with the main terminal. There are plans to expand this service to ...
In 2023, the system had a ridership of 8,986,900, or about 31,500 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024. Fairfax Connector, or simply "The Connector", is operated under contract by Transdev , and is the third largest bus fleet in the D.C. area. [ 7 ] The Connector provides a fixed-route bus service within Fairfax County on 93 routes and ...
The busiest station in the system in 2023 was Metro Center, with more than 3.9 million passenger entries over the course of the year. [8] Rosslyn was the busiest station in Virginia, while Silver Spring was the busiest in Maryland. The system's 10 busiest stations are all located in Washington.