FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 18, 2016
Metrolink Board votes to lower fares for shorter trips to increase ridership
LOS ANGELES - On Friday, at its regularly-scheduled meeting, the Metrolink Board of Directors voted to decrease fares for trips 20 miles and under. The lower fares will go into effect on July 1, marking the second time in 2016 fares for short-distance trips have been decreased on Metrolink trains. Monthly passholders could save up to $84 a month, totaling more than $1,000 annually.
"Lowering fares for these short trips will make Metrolink more appealing and competitive with other forms of transportation," said Chair of the Metrolink Board of Directors Shawn Nelson, who is also an Orange County supervisor. "We are pleased to offer these discounts to our current passengers and to new riders, as well."
In January, Metrolink lowered fares by introducing a $3 "Station-to-Station" fare pilot program for a period of six months for one-way and roundtrip passes. The pilot program, which ends on June 30, showed significant interest from riders for short-distanced options. The $3 "Station-to-Station" fare pilot was only available for select tickets. Today's board action makes the reduced short-distance fares available to all ticket types, including monthly passholders.
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Metrolink is Southern California's regional commuter rail service in its 23rd year of operation. The Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA), a joint powers authority made up of an 11-member board representing the transportation commissions of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties, governs the service. Metrolink operates over seven routes through a six-county, 512 route-mile network. Metrolink is the third largest commuter rail agency in the United States based on directional route miles and the eighth largest based on annual ridership.
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