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In a previous article, rex@intr.net (Rex) says:

>> People keep mentioning this fact about the Metro ... When I was in DC for
>> Clinton's inaugaration in 1992, the Metro only cost me (and my companions)
>> $.50, no matter where we went ... was that a one-day thing for all the
>> tourists or was the fare policy changed since then?
>
>It was a one-day thing for tourists.  They still do this occaisonally for the
>Forth of
>July, etc, but it is more than 50 cents.

I was down in DC two months ago. They do sell DC Metro (just for the subway)
day passes for $5.00, good from 9:30 AM on. The only catch is that they are
only avaliable at at two stations (Metro Center and Pentagon), WMATA HQ, and
local supermarkets (Safeway, Giant, etc.).

I was miffed that I had to go from Union Station to Metro Center to get one.
Baltimore, on the other hand, has a $3.00 one day pass which can be purchaced
from Light Rail Line ticket machines (similar to Metro-North, LIRR, and NJT's)
among other places.

Now if only the TA could come up with a one day pass, and weekly and monthly 
passes. . . .

-Jason

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"For passengers traveling to Manhattan, please listen to the important
 anouncement on the Manhattan bound train."
-Heard on a Main St. bound number 7 train during track construction