CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / LOS ANGELES
Fares on Metrolink trains will go up by 3% on average system-wide this summer, transit officials announced Friday.
The hike, approved by the agency’s board of directors, would equal a $5 to $6 increase a month for a typical monthly pass holder, for example, said Metrolink spokesman Francisco Oaxaca.
“It’s to cover the typical increase in cost that our agency faces in operating existing services,” Oaxaca said of the increase.
The increase is scheduled to take effect July 1, but it could be pushed back 30 days to Aug. 1 because programming of the ticket vending system typically takes 60 days, Oaxaca said.
In another development, passengers will continue to be able to use their Metrolink tickets to transfer for free to 20 other transit operators, such as the MTA, through June 2010, Oaxaca said.
The decision rejects an earlier proposal that would have required passengers to foot part of the cost of the transfers.
-- Ann M. Simmons
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