rcthompson04 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 1:04 pm
ryan92084 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:24 am
Reminder that the last day for ticket sales of all types is planned for Friday for most/all septa locations. This includes all types of fares regardless of their availability on the key card. Anyone that is a ten trip customer may want to stock up a 5 month supply since there is still not a key card discounted ride replacement.
Anyone using the unlimited rides from the "paper" Independence pass or may want a family Independence pass in the near future would be wise to buy in advance as well just watch the validity years printed on the pass.
Since SEPTA has done little to notify the public about this cutoff date I wouldn't be surprised if enough customer backlash causes a back peddling.
The low utilization at the moment means the changes won’t be known by most for months.
Ryan, RCT and Everyone:
I made an extra effort to purchase some legacy tickets that I could use in the near future
knowing that today (Friday October 2nd) would be the last sales day.
I was also informed that SEPTA has decided to end sales of legacy Independence Passes
along with tickets - the previous plan was to sell these passes until the I Pass supply ran out.
I bought a few to use as needed depending on the amount of rides that I planned to take.
The 10 ride limitation on Key I Passes in my situation will add up quickly - I use a bus to
Regional Rail using four rides round trip leaving only six others for the rest of the day.
The coming days at Regional Rail ticket offices are going to be interesting since cash riders
will have to either purchase a Key card for use at $4.95 or pay the on-board fare.
Discretionary and occasional RRD riders are going to be most affected by these changes.
The Trenton Line is going to be an interesting case: Will NJT continue to sell the basic three
ticket types which are:
Trenton-CCP ($9.25)
“Tunnel” Anywhere via CCP ($9.25)
Trenton Line Intermediate ($3.75 - Trenton to any station Levittown to North Philadelphia)
or will sales of these tickets end as well?
MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS