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The SmarTrip cards are also sold at area grocery store chains. [38] In late 2012 WMATA installed SmarTrip vending machines at all Metrorail stations. [1] A number of SmarTrip features that were supposed to be introduced in 2005 by SmarTrip's creator, Cubic Transportation Systems, were not fully implemented until 2012. [39]
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
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 ]
Fares and other revenue fund 57.6% of the Metro's daily operations while state and local governments fund the remaining 42.4%. Since the Metro's inception, the federal government has provided grants for 65% of the system's capital costs. [17] Metrorail is unusual among major public transportation systems in having no dedicated source of funding ...
Metrobus is a bus service operated by Metro, consisting of 176 bus lines serving 12,301 stops, including 3,133 bus shelters and nearly every Washington Metro station. In fiscal year 2006, Metrobus provided 131 million trips, 39% of all Washington Metro trips. [14] It serves D.C. and the inner ring of suburban counties.
Construction began in 1969, and in 1976 the first section of the Metro system opened along the Red Line between the Farragut North and Rhode Island Avenue stations in Washington, D.C. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, more stations were opened in the city and the suburban communities of Arlington County, the City of Alexandria, and Fairfax County ...
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In 1956, DC Transit acquired the Capital Transit Company and routes 70, 72, and 74 were acquired by them. This also meant the end of streetcars beginning in 1958. Routes 70, 72 and 74 were converted into buses on January 3, 1960, when the Southern Division (Maine Avenue) Car Barn was closed.