ChesterValley wrote:http://www.septa.org/key/index.html#fare
Effective October 1st:
Regional Rail: Zone 3 Early adopters rolling out October 1st. You cannot purchase a monthly parking permit and the key. They will be rolling out those mobile kiosks at select stations and dates between 6 and 10 am.
City Transit/NHSL(Route 100): Turnstiles going into effect at 19th, 22nd, Norristown and 69th street stations. Cash and tokens will not be accepted at gate.
Subway and El: Cash and Tokens will no longer be accepted, Key and single trip only
System wide: PA reduced Transit Fare ID card no longer accepted.
CV (and Everyone): First time I noticed this next round of fare changes - thanks for posting this...
1-Legacy Passes have been always available for riders that purchase parking permits. This is an
important monthly feature for stations such as Jenkintown in which permits routinely sell out.
These are the hangtag type that are attached to the rear view mirror inside parked vehicles...
2-Implementing fare collection at Norristown will be an interesting change - will there be a new
exit fare implemented there? Will entry become further restricted from the south RRD platform?
Regular NHSL riders knew early on about the installation of turnstiles at 69th Street which will
take the edge off of having to wait to board there implemented with the pay enter fare policy.
There may have even been a way to connect the drop-off platform from the MFSE into the new
NHSL paid area to create a new free interchange...
19th Street and 22nd Street on the subway/surface trunk line is going to be an interesting fare
collection challenge - in case anyone is unaware both of those two stations have never had any
restricted entry - all fares from these two stations are collected at the front door of LRV cars.
3-Cash and tokens will no longer be collected directly by the cashier upon entry to the paid area
in a rapid transit station. All cash and token fares will require the purchase of a Quick Trip Card
for entry. This may create added TVM lines at stations especially during high demand periods.
4-All other categories of PA State Reduced Fare Cards (such as Disabled) will require a SEPTA
Key along with this month's requirements that all Senior Citizens have a Senior Key Card to take
advantage of free rides on all SEPTA services operating within PA...
That is what looks like October's fare changes will be...MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS