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Since June 25, 2017, the first fare hike in three years, peak-period rail fares increased 10 cents, with $2.25 as the new minimum and $6.00 as the maximum one-way fare. Off-peak fares rose 25 cents, to a $2.00 minimum and $3.85 maximum, as will bus fares.
In 2016, Metrorail had nearly 180 million trips. [17] Fares vary based on the distance traveled and the time of day. Riders enter and exit the system using a proximity card known as SmarTrip. SmarTrip cards can also be used on a smartphone through Apple Pay and Google Pay. [79] Magnetic stripe tickets stopped being accepted on March 6, 2016. [80]
In contrast, the Silver Line will eventually provide trains once every six minutes during rush hours and once every fourteen minutes during non-rush hours. [136] Metro's new 7000-series cars were ordered at a price of $3 million per car, [137] 64 of which are for Silver Line service. [137] The contract was signed on July 2, 2010, for 428 cars ...
to PRTC routes Washington Metro: Free $2.25 [53] $4.75 to PRTC OmniRide (full SmarTrip fare) $2.40 to PRTC MetroDirect (full SmarTrip fare) Metrobus: All local routes Free $2.25 $3.50 to PRTC OmniRide $1.15 to PRTC MetroDirect Arlington Transit (ART) Connect-A-Ride DASH Fairfax Connector (except routes 393, 394, 395, 480, 599, 698, and 699)
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; The 5A and B30 Airport Express routes were $7.50 before their discontinuation.
Yellow Line train arriving at the Greenbelt station in Greenbelt, Maryland, the former northern terminus of the line along the Green Line in August 2022. In 2006, Metro board member Jim Graham and Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams proposed re-extending Yellow Line service to Fort Totten or even to Greenbelt. Their proposal did not ...
When measured by ridership, the Washington Metro is the second-largest rapid rail system in the United States and fifth-largest in North America. Riders pay using a SmartTrip Card, and the fare is determined by distance traveled on the system as well as the time of day. Fares are more expensive the farther one's trip is, and are also more ...
By 1991, five rail lines were open: the Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, and Blue Lines. The system, as originally planned, was completed in 2001 with the extension of the Green Line to Branch Avenue . In 2004, three stations were opened: an extension of the Blue Line to the Morgan Boulevard and Downtown Largo stations and the first infill station ...