Happy New Year! Now, Cough Up! Metropolis Transit Fares Go Up.

Metropolis, Bridgerissa. January 12th, 2017.

Metropolis Transit Fares as of January 1st, 2017.

New year, new price. Metropolis Transit has raised its base fare from $2.25 to $2.50. At the same time, the Transfer fare was cut in half. (Unless you use TideCard, then it's Free as it's always been.) These fare increases and decreases are due to a new streamlining program to help get around the system faster. The base fare was raised in order to match inflation rates of 2017. Residents in Metropolis have mixed feeling about the added quarter to their daily commuter. One resident was quoted saying, "We're paying more money and still squeezing into packed trains when the platforms can hold more cars."

The New Fares Will Partially Go To Paying For More Train Cars.

Metropolis Transit has stated a good 42% of farebox revenue will go into the purchase of new subway cars for the Woodland Subway and 47 Elevated Line. The 47 Line currently hold the title of most ridership in the whole system yet many rush-hour trains are stuffed. The line like most elevated lines and the subway use only six subway cars per train. The much shorter elevated cars who were built in the early 2000s have the worse crowding. Currently, Metropolis is waiting on 200 Kawasaki cars who will match the size of the older "Type-D" Cars that currently run on the 39 Line. Those are expected in 2019 which should be right around the time for the next scheduled fare hike to $2.75.