25Hz wrote:Oh how i miss the days of $1.50 trips. Oh well, better fare increases vs service cuts & deferred maintenance & improvements....
25Hz and Everyone: I miss the days of 30 cent PATH rides even more...When PATH began in 1962 the fare was already 30 cents and it lasted
for 20 years...
In 1982 the PATH fare was finally increased to 50 cents and I recall that many riders back during 1980-81-82 even thought that the 30 cent fare
at that time "was too cheap"...It goes to show how inflation changes things over time...
I recall that PATH was heavily subsidized then - even more then today - by PA bridge tolls and those fare increases beginning in 1982 was to at
least partially fund system improvements - the 80s PA1-2-3 car overhauls and the late 80s Kawasaki car fleet along with retiring the remaining
1958-vintage Class K car fleet come to mind here...
MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS