Union Tpke Posted March 1, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 1, 2015 If I buy tickets before the fare increase, will I be able to use them afterwards. If I can, couldn't I just stash up tickets? Finally, does anyone know what the fare for inter-Zone 3 travel would be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lirr42 Posted March 1, 2015 Share #2 Posted March 1, 2015 Tickets purchased before the fare increase will remain valid until they expire, which is 60 days for one-way tickets, and 6 months for 10-trip tickets. March monthly commutation tickets will be priced at the current fare, April tickets at the new fare. I am not sure how they are going to do that one weekly that gets cut across the fare hike date (they are valid from Saturday through Friday), so I'm not sure if they are going to be the lower fare on Saturday then the higher fare on Monday, or the lower fare both days. You can find the answer to your last question depending on the ticket type by looking at "Sample Intermediate Fares" on this page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tun Posted March 2, 2015 Share #3 Posted March 2, 2015 The March 28th to April 3rd weekly ticket will be the first one priced at the new fare. Intra-zone 3 fares remains mostly the same. The station price is $3.75, on-board off peak is $10, on-board peak is $11. However, the peak one-way fare is up from $5 to $5.25. City Ticket price increases from $4 to $4.25. Stop-overs are being eliminated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtehpanda Posted March 2, 2015 Share #4 Posted March 2, 2015 Stopovers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tun Posted March 2, 2015 Share #5 Posted March 2, 2015 On one-way and round trip tickets, you could request a stop-over at an intermediate station. So for example, let's say you had a one-way ticket from Ronkonkoma to Jamaica, and you wanted to run some errands in Hicksville. You could ask the conductor to endorse a stop-over on your ticket, which would allow you to get off the train at Hicksville and then continue your trip on the same ticket. Travel had to be completed on the same day. Not many people knew about it, but there were definitely a few people who used it regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amtrak7 Posted March 2, 2015 Share #6 Posted March 2, 2015 Stop-overs are being eliminated. This was not mentioned anywhere...either in the MTA website, the hearing materials, or the packet given to the MTA Board for approval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted March 4, 2015 The March 28th to April 3rd weekly ticket will be the first one priced at the new fare. Intra-zone 3 fares remains mostly the same. The station price is $3.75, on-board off peak is $10, on-board peak is $11. However, the peak one-way fare is up from $5 to $5.25. City Ticket price increases from $4 to $4.25. Stop-overs are being eliminated. Yes, so I don't have to pay extra, as I get a round trop off peak tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokecrazy Posted March 7, 2015 Share #8 Posted March 7, 2015 This was not mentioned anywhere...either in the MTA website, the hearing materials, or the packet given to the MTA Board for approval. Neither are number of double bus transfers around the system, which I learn on these boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lirr42 Posted March 7, 2015 Share #9 Posted March 7, 2015 Neither are number of double bus transfers around the system, which I learn on these boards. There are lots of little quirks in the tariffs that aren't spelled out on the MTA website, but that doesn't change the fact that the MTA is required to publicize, allow the public to comment, and get MTA Board approval for any change to the tariff structure, whether it's listed on the website or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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