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Article #306Re: Fares for special events (was: Re: Metrocard Gripe)
From: Joshua Benkin
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 00:00
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On 10 Jun 1996 12:13:35 GMT, Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Bioengineer-Financier, +1-917-287-8087 wrote: >BTW it's woth noting there was no phase-in period for the DC farecards. >One day it just happened. Wrong, It was at least two weeks before the blue line opened in 1977 that the Washington Metro which at the time only had the Red Line open between Dupont Circle and Rhode Island Ave. stations riders had the option of using the then farebox based fare system or using the farecards at that time the fare was 40 cents for off peak and 55 cents for peak fares. When the blue line was open in July of that year farecards were the rule but during March of 1976 and June of 1977, the only way to pay your fare was via either exact change or bus transfer (plus 15 cents surcharge during rush hour!) Joshua Benkin jrbenkin@nicom.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112ce4,bff7d4d41bac2833 X-Google-Attributes: gid112ce4,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,ba84b781c3041450 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 10ca13,bff7d4d41bac2833 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ca13,public From: jrbenkin@nicom.com (Joshua Benkin) Subject: Re: Fares for special events (was: Re: Metrocard Gripe) Date: 1996/06/10 Message-ID: <31bca03d.1120745@news2.cais.com> X-Deja-AN: 159509837 references: <4ph3hf$qcu@arl-news-svc-3.compuserve.com> organization: Capital Area Internet Service, Inc. newsgroups: nyc.transit,dc.general,misc.transport.urban-transit