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6/2/2022
Chicago's Metra will begin selling the "Super Saver" $100 flat-rate monthly pass during a three-month pilot period next month, the commuter railroad announced yesterday.
A reduced-fare option for $70 is also available to seniors, K-12 students and children, Metra officials said in a press release. All riders on the Metra Electric and Rock Island lines will also pay the reduced rate because of the Fair Transit South Cook Pilot program. The passes will go on sale June 20.
"Metra's recovery from the pandemic requires that we look at all the options on the table to reinvent our service by listening to riders, creating new schedules, and exploring fare incentives that allow riders to return or try our system at affordable rates," said Metra Executive Director and CEO Jim Derwinski in a press release.
Buying the Super Saver pass during the pilot period will function the same as buying the regular monthly pass through the Ventra mobile ticketing app and from ticket agents.
"We've been fortunate that regional sales taxes, which support our operations, have remained strong, allowing us to use some of our federal COVID-19 relief funding in more creative ways that directly benefit our riders," Derwinski said.