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Riding the Metro in Los Angeles

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LA Metro Rates

A Metro Rapid bus in South Central Los Angeles

A Metro Rapid bus in South Central Los Angeles

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Metro Rates as of 7/1/07

Single Base Fare: $1.25, good for one ride on one train or bus. If you need to transfer, you need to buy a ticket at your point of origin for each transfer. So if you plan to transfer from the Blue Line to the Red Line to the Gold Line, you need to buy three tickets. If your route involves a lot of transfers, a day pass may be a better deal. Senior/disabled/Medicare peak fare(5-9 am and 3-7 pm) $0.55 (62+), off peak fare (65+) $0.25.

Day Pass: $5.00, good for all day travel on all Metro trains and buses until the last train or bus of the day. You'll save money if you're traveling more than four train and bus segments in a day. Seniors (65+) $1.80.

Weekly Pass: $17. You save money if you'll be traveling 14 or more train and bus segments in a week.

Metro to Muni supplement: $0.30 to transfer from the Metro to a non-Metro bus system. $0.10 for seniors/disabled/Medicare. Metro buses require an additional Metro base fare.

Zone Charges: Freeway Express buses add additional zone charges based on distance. Zone charges are an additional $0.60 per base fare, per zone. Pass holders without a Zone Stamp (extra when you buy the pass), can pay the zone charges in cash.

Monthly Pass: $62 Adults, $24 K-12th grade, $36 college student, $14 senior/disabled/Medicare.

EZ Transit Monthly Passes(includes 14 local transit systems): Adults $70, senior/disabled/Medicare $35 plus $9.50 for express zones .

Children and students only receive discounts on monthly passes.

Visit www.metro.net for more information.
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