HolyCoast: Metrolink to Offer Unlimited Weekend Passes for $10
Follow RickMoore on Twitter

Friday, July 01, 2011

Metrolink to Offer Unlimited Weekend Passes for $10

(I'm rerunning this item since it takes effect this weekend.)
This is an idea I like a whole lot:
Metrolink on Friday approved an unlimited weekend pass for $10 and replaced the commuter rail network's 10-trip ticket with a seven-day pass, a move officials hope will reduce revenue losses caused by fare evasion. The changes go into effect July 1.

The new weekend pass will be valid from 7 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday and include connections to bus and rail systems throughout the region -- excluding Amtrak -- at no additional cost. The same privileges will be extended to monthly pass-holders.
I was thinking of planning a Metrolink trip up to Hollywood for my wife and I. Under the current fare schedule it would cost us $33 to make the round trip via Metrolink and Metro Red Line subway. With the new fare schedule we can go for $20...and then go out to Riverside and visit the Mission Inn the next day at no additional charge. Very cool.

Great idea, Metrolink!

1 comment:

Sam L. said...

Mission Inn is a neat place. Check out President Taft's chair.