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NJ Transit, SEPTA enter joint ticketing agreement
By Paul Nussbaum
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
NJ Transit and SEPTA will sell tickets to all of each other's
stations, as part of a joint ticketing operation announced today.
Tickets to SEPTA and NJ Transit destinations are now available at NJT
vending machines, at rail ticket windows at the Trenton station, and
at SEPTA ticket windows at Suburban and Market East stations. (SEPTA
padlocked the last of its ticket vending machines in January, 2007,
citing their inability to accept newly designed U.S. currency.)
Fares will not be affected. Passengers will pay the combined SEPTA and
NJT rate. For example, a Philadelphia-to-New York one-way fare will be
$20.50, and a Hamilton-to-Philadelphia International Airport one-way
fare will be $11.50. Princeton-to-Paoli would be $14.
The arrangement is designed to make it easier for New Jersey and
Pennsylvania residents to travel between the states, spokesmen for the
systems said in today's joint announcement.
The general managers of the two agencies - Richard Sarles at NJT and
Joseph Casey at SEPTA - are relatively new in their positions, and
both have talked about making bi-state travel less cumbersome.
They also have expressed interest in creating an electronic "smart
card" that would work on SEPTA and NJ Transit.
Contact staff writer Paul Nussbaum at 215-854-4587 or
***@phillynews.com.
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By Paul Nussbaum
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
NJ Transit and SEPTA will sell tickets to all of each other's
stations, as part of a joint ticketing operation announced today.
Tickets to SEPTA and NJ Transit destinations are now available at NJT
vending machines, at rail ticket windows at the Trenton station, and
at SEPTA ticket windows at Suburban and Market East stations. (SEPTA
padlocked the last of its ticket vending machines in January, 2007,
citing their inability to accept newly designed U.S. currency.)
Fares will not be affected. Passengers will pay the combined SEPTA and
NJT rate. For example, a Philadelphia-to-New York one-way fare will be
$20.50, and a Hamilton-to-Philadelphia International Airport one-way
fare will be $11.50. Princeton-to-Paoli would be $14.
The arrangement is designed to make it easier for New Jersey and
Pennsylvania residents to travel between the states, spokesmen for the
systems said in today's joint announcement.
The general managers of the two agencies - Richard Sarles at NJT and
Joseph Casey at SEPTA - are relatively new in their positions, and
both have talked about making bi-state travel less cumbersome.
They also have expressed interest in creating an electronic "smart
card" that would work on SEPTA and NJ Transit.
Contact staff writer Paul Nussbaum at 215-854-4587 or
***@phillynews.com.
Find this article at:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20080813_NJ_Transit__SEPTA_enter_joint_ticketing_agreement.html?adString=ph.news/news;!category=news;&randomOrd=081308073553
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