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Fare on Metra fare is determined by the number of fare zones traveled. The system has 10 fare zones designated by letters. Zone A is for the central Chicago stations and the letters go up from there. (some lines skip a letter zone, so a station in zone H means 2 zones from a station in zone F, even if it is just one stop away.)
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Fare on Metra fare is determined by the number of fare zones traveled. The system has 4 fare zones.
  
 
Tickets are sold at station ticket counters, a mobile app, ticket vending machines, and onboard the trains. There a $5 surcharge for onboard ticket purchases when boarding at stations that have an open ticket counter.
 
Tickets are sold at station ticket counters, a mobile app, ticket vending machines, and onboard the trains. There a $5 surcharge for onboard ticket purchases when boarding at stations that have an open ticket counter.
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==Ticket types==
 
==Ticket types==
'''One way tickets''' sold at ticket counters are good for 90 days after purchase until punched by onboard conductors.
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'''One way tickets''' sold from ticket machines are good for 3 hours after purchase.
  
'''10 ride ticket''' are good for 1 year after sale.
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'''Day pass''' costs twice the one way fare. Good for unlimited rides within the selected zones until 3am the next day.
  
'''Monthly pass''' are good for unlimited rides within the calendar month and are not transferable.
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'''Day pass 5 pack''' is good for travel on any 5 days within 90 days after purchase. Can be shared by up to 5 riders in a group.
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'''Monthly pass''' are good for unlimited rides within the selected zones during the calendar month. Valid until the first business day of following month. Good for travel systemwide on weekends.
  
 
'''{{app|agency=Metra|applink=https://www.ventrachicago.com/app/|app name=Ventra app}}''' can be used to pay for train fares and passes. Download app and buy ticket on app before boarding train. "Activate" ticket after boarding train. Show the mobile device to the conductor when tickets are checked. The Ventra app is not the same as card, which is accepted by CTA and Pace but not Metra. However the app can link with a card so the payments for card and app can centrally managed.
 
'''{{app|agency=Metra|applink=https://www.ventrachicago.com/app/|app name=Ventra app}}''' can be used to pay for train fares and passes. Download app and buy ticket on app before boarding train. "Activate" ticket after boarding train. Show the mobile device to the conductor when tickets are checked. The Ventra app is not the same as card, which is accepted by CTA and Pace but not Metra. However the app can link with a card so the payments for card and app can centrally managed.
  
'''Weekend pass''' costs $8 and is good throughout the system on Saturdays and Sundays.
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'''Sat, Sun, Holiday pass''' costs $7 and is good systemwide on a weekend day or holiday.
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'''Weekend pass''' costs $10 and is good systemwide on Saturdays and Sundays.
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'''Regional Connect pass''' costs $30 in addition to the monthly pass for unlimited rides on CTA and Pace.
  
 
'''Special user''' tickets eligibility:
 
'''Special user''' tickets eligibility:
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==Fare chart==
 
==Fare chart==
Effective February 2018.
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Effective February 2024.
 
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<div style="width:100%;overflow:auto">
 
{| class=infodata
 
{| class=infodata
 
! class="corner-head"| Zones traveled  
 
! class="corner-head"| Zones traveled  
 
! class="wide-row-head" | Full fare one way  
 
! class="wide-row-head" | Full fare one way  
! class="wide-row-head" | 10-ride
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! class="wide-row-head" | Day pass 5 pack
 
! class="wide-row-head" | Monthly  
 
! class="wide-row-head" | Monthly  
 
! class="wide-row-head" | Special user one way  
 
! class="wide-row-head" | Special user one way  
! class="wide-row-head" | Special user 10-ride
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! class="wide-row-head" | Special user Day pass 5 pack
 
! class="wide-row-head" | Special user monthly
 
! class="wide-row-head" | Special user monthly
 
|-
 
|-
| class="wide-col-head"| 1 || $4.00 || $38.00 || $116.00 || $2.00 || $19.00 || $70.00
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| class="wide-col-head"| 1-2 || $3.75 || $35.75 || $75 || $1.75 || $17.50 || $37.50
 
|-
 
|-
| class="wide-col-head"| 2 || $4.25 || $40.50 || $123.25 || $2.00 || $19.00 || $70.00
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| class="wide-col-head"| 1-3 || $5.50 || $52.25 || $110 || $2.75 || $26 || $55
 
|-
 
|-
| class="wide-col-head"| 3 || $5.50 || $52.25 || $159.50 || $2.75 || $26.25 || $96.25
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| class="wide-col-head"| 1-4 || $6.75 || $64.25 || $135 || $3.25 || $32 || $67.50
 
|-
 
|-
| class="wide-col-head"| 4 || $6.25 || $59.50 || $181.25 || $3.00 || $28.50 || $105.00
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| class="wide-col-head"| 2-4 || $3.75 || $35.75 || $75 || $1.75|| $17.50 || $37.50
|-
 
| class="wide-col-head"| 5 || $6.75 || $64.25 || $195.75 || $3.25 || $31.00 || $113.75
 
|-
 
| class="wide-col-head"| 6 || $7.25 || $69.00 || $210.25 || $3.50 || $33.25 || $122.50
 
|-
 
| class="wide-col-head"| 7 || $7.75 || $73.75 || $224.75 || $3.75 || $35.75 || $131.25
 
|-
 
| class="wide-col-head"| 8 || $8.25 || $78.50 || $239.25 || $4.00 || $38.00 || $140.00
 
|-
 
| class="wide-col-head"| 9 || $9.00 || $85.50 || $261.00 || $4.50 || $42.75 || $157.50
 
|-
 
| class="wide-col-head"| 10 || $9.50 || $90.25 || $275.50 || $4.75 || $45.25 || $166.25
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
</div>
 
</div>
  
 
==Fare zones==
 
==Fare zones==
Letter means fare zone. Number inside parenthesis means number of fare zones traveled from central Chicago. To calculate the number of zones traveled outside central Chicago, substract the numbers in parenthesis and then add 1.
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The fare change occurred on Feb 1, 2024 reduced the number fare zones and the overall fare.  
  
 
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{| class="infodata sortable" style="font-size:80%; white-space: nowrap; line-height:110%;"
 
{| class="infodata sortable" style="font-size:80%; white-space: nowrap; line-height:110%;"
 
! class="corner-head"| Fare zones  
 
! class="corner-head"| Fare zones  
! class="wide-row-head" | A (1)
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! class="wide-row-head" | 1  
! class="wide-row-head" | B (2)
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! class="wide-row-head" | 2  
! class="wide-row-head" | C (3)
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! class="wide-row-head" | 3  
! class="wide-row-head" | D (4)
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! class="wide-row-head" | 4  
! class="wide-row-head" | E (5)
 
! class="wide-row-head" | F (6)
 
! class="wide-row-head" | G (7)
 
! class="wide-row-head" | H (8)
 
! class="wide-row-head" | I (9)
 
! class="wide-row-head" | J (10)
 
 
|-
 
|-
| class="wide-col-head"| UP-N {{Metralines|UP-N}} || Chicago OTC; <br>Clybourn || Ravenswood; <br>Rogers Park || Main St.; <br>Evanston (Davis St.); <br>Central St.; <br>Wilmette || Kenilworth; <br>Indian Hill; <br>Winnetka; <br>Hubbard Woods; <br>Glencoe || Braeside; <br>Ravinia; <br>Highland Park; <br>Highwood || Fort Sheridan; <br>Lake Forest. || Lake Bluff; <br>Great Lakes; <br>North Chicago || Waukegan || Zion; <br>Winthrop Harbor || Kenosha
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| class="wide-col-head"| UP-N {{Metralines|UP-N}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Union Pacific North]] [[fare zone::Metra 1]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Union Pacific North]] [[fare zone::Metra 2]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Union Pacific North]] [[fare zone::Metra 3]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Union Pacific North]] [[fare zone::Metra 4]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}}
 
|-
 
|-
| class="wide-col-head"| MD-N {{Metralines|MD-N}} || Chicago Union Station; <br>Western Ave || Healy; <br>Grayland; <br>Mayfair || Forest Glen; <br>Edgebrook; <br>Morton Grove || Golf; <br>Glenview; <br>Glen/N. Glenview || Northbrook; <br>Lake-Cook; <br>Deerfield || Lake Forest || || Libertyville; <br>Prairie Crossing || Grayslake; <br>Round Lake || Long Lake; <br>Ingleside; <br>Fox Lake
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| class="wide-col-head"| MD-N {{Metralines|MD-N}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Milwaukee District North]] [[fare zone::Metra 1]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Milwaukee District North]] [[fare zone::Metra 2]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} ||{{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Milwaukee District North]] [[fare zone::Metra 3]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Milwaukee District North]] [[fare zone::Metra 4]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}}
 
|-
 
|-
| class="wide-col-head"| NCS {{Metralines|NCS}} || Chicago Union Station; <br>Western Ave || || River Grove; <br>Franklin Pk; <br>Schiller Park || Rosemont; <br>O'Hare Transfer || Prospect Hts || Wheeling; <br>Buffalo Grove || Prairie View; <br>Vernon Hills || Mundelein; <br>Prairie Crossing. || Washington St (Grayslake) || Round Lake Beach; <br>Lake Villa; <br> Antioch
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| class="wide-col-head"| NCS {{Metralines|NCS}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra North Central Service]] [[fare zone::Metra 1]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra North Central Service]] [[fare zone::Metra 2]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra North Central Service]] [[fare zone::Metra 3]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra North Central Service]] [[fare zone::Metra 4]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}}
 
|-
 
|-
| class="wide-col-head"| UP-NW {{Metralines|UP-NW}} || Chicago OTC; <br>Clybourn || Irving Park; <br>Jefferson Park; <br>Gladstone Park || Norwood Park; <br>Edison Park; <br>Park Ridge; <br>Dee Road || Des Plaines; <br>Cumberland; <br>Mt. Prospect || Arlington Heights; <br>Arlington Park || Palatine || Barrington || Fox River Grove; <br>Cary || Pingree Road; <br>Crystal Lake || Woodstock; <br>McHenry;<br> Harvard
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| class="wide-col-head"| UP-NW {{Metralines|UP-NW}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Union Pacific Northwest]] [[fare zone::Metra 1]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Union Pacific Northwest]] [[fare zone::Metra 2]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Union Pacific Northwest]] [[fare zone::Metra 3]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Union Pacific Northwest]] [[fare zone::Metra 4]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}}
 
|-
 
|-
| class="wide-col-head"| MD-W {{Metralines|MD-W}} || Chicago Union Station; <br>Western Ave || Grand/Cicero; <br>Hanson Park; <br>Galewood; <br>Mars; <br>Mont Clare || Elmwood Park; <br>River Grove; <br>Franklin Park; <br>Mannheim || Bensenville; <br>Wood Dale || Itasca; <br>Medinah; <br>Roselle || Schaumburg; <br>Hanover Park; <br>Bartlett || || National St; <br>Elgin; <br>Big Timber || ||
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| class="wide-col-head"| MD-W {{Metralines|MD-W}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Milwaukee District West]] [[fare zone::Metra 1]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Milwaukee District West]] [[fare zone::Metra 2]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} ||{{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Milwaukee District West]] [[fare zone::Metra 3]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Milwaukee District West]] [[fare zone::Metra 4]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}}
 
|-
 
|-
| class="wide-col-head"| UP-W {{Metralines|UP-W}} || Chicago OTC; <br>Kedzie || Oak Park; <br>River Forest || Maywood; <br>Melrose Park; <br>Bellwood; <br>Berkeley || Elmhurst; <br>Villa Park; <br>Lombard || Glen Ellyn; <br>College Ave; <br>Wheaton || Winfield; <br>West Chicago || || Geneva || La Fox; <br>Elburn ||
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| class="wide-col-head"| UP-W {{Metralines|UP-W}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Union Pacific West]] [[fare zone::Metra 1]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Union Pacific West]] [[fare zone::Metra 2]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Union Pacific West]] [[fare zone::Metra 3]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Union Pacific West]] [[fare zone::Metra 4]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}}
 
|-
 
|-
| class="wide-col-head"| BNSF {{Metralines|BNSF}} || Chicago Union Station; <br>Halsted Street; <br>Western Avenue || Cicero; <br>Lavergne; <br>Berwyn; <br>Harlem Ave. || Riverside; <br>Hollywood; <br>Brookfield; <br>Congress Park; <br>LaGrange Road; <br>Stone Ave. || Western Springs; <br>Highlands; <br>Hinsdale; <br>West Hinsdale; <br>Clarendon Hills; <br>Westmont || Fairview Ave.; <br>Downers Grove; <br>Belmont; <br>Lisle || Naperville || Route 59 || Aurora || ||
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| class="wide-col-head"| BNSF {{Metralines|BNSF}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Burlington Northern]] [[fare zone::Metra 1]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Burlington Northern]] [[fare zone::Metra 2]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Burlington Northern]] [[fare zone::Metra 3]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Burlington Northern]] [[fare zone::Metra 4]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}}
 
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|-
| class="wide-col-head"| HC {{Metralines|HC}} || Chicago Union Station || || Summit || Willow Springs || Lemont || Romeoville || Lockport || Joliet || ||   
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| class="wide-col-head"| HC {{Metralines|HC}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Heritage Corridor]] [[fare zone::Metra 1]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Heritage Corridor]] [[fare zone::Metra 2]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Heritage Corridor]] [[fare zone::Metra 3]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Heritage Corridor]] [[fare zone::Metra 4]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}}  
 
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|-
| class="wide-col-head"| SWS {{Metralines|SWS}} || Chicago Union Station || || Wrightwood; <br>Ashburn || Oak Lawn; <br>Chicago Ridge; <br>Worth; <br>Palos Heights || Palos Park; <br>Orland Park 143rd; <br>Orland Park 153rd || Orland Park 179th || || Laraway Road || Manhattan ||
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| class="wide-col-head"| SWS {{Metralines|SWS}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Southwest Service]] [[fare zone::Metra 1]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Southwest Service]] [[fare zone::Metra 2]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Southwest Service]] [[fare zone::Metra 3]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Southwest Service]] [[fare zone::Metra 4]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}}
 
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| class="wide-col-head"| RI {{Metralines|RI}} || LaSalle Street; <br>35th St. - Lou Jones || Gresham || 95th St.-Longwood; <br>103rd St.-Washington Hts.; <br>Brainerd; <br>91st St. - Beverly Hills; <br>95th St. - Beverly Hills; <br>99th St. - Beverly Hills; <br>103rd St. - Beverly Hills; <br>107th St. - Beverly Hills; <br>111th St. - Morgan Park; <br>115th St. - Morgan Park; <br>119th St.; <br> 123rd St.|| Prairie St.; <br>Blue Island-Vermont; <br>Robbins; <br>Midlothian || Oak Forest; <br>Tinley Park; <br>Tinley-80th || Hickory Creek; <br>Mokena || New Lenox || Joliet || ||
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| class="wide-col-head"| RI {{Metralines|RI}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Rock Island]] [[fare zone::Metra 1]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Rock Island]] [[fare zone::Metra 2]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Rock Island]] [[fare zone::Metra 3]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Rock Island]] [[fare zone::Metra 4]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}}
 
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| class="wide-col-head"| ME {{Metralines|ME}} || Millennium Station; <br>Van Buren St.; <br>Museum Campus/11th St.; <br>18th St.; <br>McCormick Place; <br>27th St. || 47th St. (Kenwood); <br>51st/53rd St. (Hyde Park); <br>55th - 56th - 57th St.; <br>59th St. (U. of Chicago); <br>63rd St.; <br>75th St. (Grand Crossing); <br>79th St. (Chatham); <br>Stony Island; <br>Bryn Mawr; <br>South Shore; <br>Windsor Park; <br>Cheltenham (79th St.); <br>83rd St.; <br>87th St.; <br>South Chicago (93rd); <br> 83rd St. (Avalon Park); <br>87th St. (Woodruff); || 91st St.; <br>95th St.; <br>103rd St. (Rosemoor); <br>107th St.; <br>111th St. (Pullman); <br>Kensington  <br>State St.; <br>Stewart Ridge; <br>West Pullman; <br>Racine; <br>Ashland || Riverdale; <br>Ivanhoe; <br>147th St.; <br>Harvey; <br>Burr Oak; <br>Blue Island || Hazel Crest; <br>Calumet; <br>Homewood; <br>Flossmoor || Olympia Fields; <br>211th St.; <br>Matteson; <br>Richton Park || University Park || || ||  
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| class="wide-col-head"| ME {{Metralines|ME}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Electric]] [[fare zone::Metra 1]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Electric]] [[fare zone::Metra 2]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Electric]] [[fare zone::Metra 3]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}} || {{#ask:[[Served by::Metra Electric]] [[fare zone::Metra 4]]|?rname=|template=Liststn3|link=none|format=ul}}
 
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==Inter-agency fare arrangements==
 
'''Metra Link-up Pass - $55'''
 
 
For monthly pass holders. Good on [[CTA]] on weekdays from 6am to 9:30pm and from 3:30pm to 7pm and [[Pace]] at anytime.
 
 
'''Metra/Pace PlusBus Pass - $30'''
 
 
For monthly pass holders. Good on Pace only.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 04:58, 11 February 2024

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Fare on Metra fare is determined by the number of fare zones traveled. The system has 4 fare zones.

Tickets are sold at station ticket counters, a mobile app, ticket vending machines, and onboard the trains. There a $5 surcharge for onboard ticket purchases when boarding at stations that have an open ticket counter.

Onboard the trains, conductors punch tickets, sell tickets to those who board without having one, and check for passes along with mobile tickets. Riders with a paper ticket should place ticket in the metal clip in front (lower level), or by the ledge (upper level).

Issues such as transferring, stopover, and ticket upgrade (riding beyond zones purchased) need to be communicated with the train conductor.

Ticket types

One way tickets sold from ticket machines are good for 3 hours after purchase.

Day pass costs twice the one way fare. Good for unlimited rides within the selected zones until 3am the next day.

Day pass 5 pack is good for travel on any 5 days within 90 days after purchase. Can be shared by up to 5 riders in a group.

Monthly pass are good for unlimited rides within the selected zones during the calendar month. Valid until the first business day of following month. Good for travel systemwide on weekends.

Ventra app 📱 can be used to pay for train fares and passes. Download app and buy ticket on app before boarding train. "Activate" ticket after boarding train. Show the mobile device to the conductor when tickets are checked. The Ventra app is not the same as card, which is accepted by CTA and Pace but not Metra. However the app can link with a card so the payments for card and app can centrally managed.

Sat, Sun, Holiday pass costs $7 and is good systemwide on a weekend day or holiday.

Weekend pass costs $10 and is good systemwide on Saturdays and Sundays.

Regional Connect pass costs $30 in addition to the monthly pass for unlimited rides on CTA and Pace.

Special user tickets eligibility:

  • Senior (65 or above) and disabled riders with reduced fare permit issued by RTA.
  • K-12 students with a valid school ID or certification letter. Required for purchasing tickets and riding onboard.
  • Children ages 7 through 11.
  • US active military members (all branches) with valid military ID.

Fare chart

Effective February 2024.

Zones traveled Full fare one way Day pass 5 pack Monthly Special user one way Special user Day pass 5 pack Special user monthly
1-2 $3.75 $35.75 $75 $1.75 $17.50 $37.50
1-3 $5.50 $52.25 $110 $2.75 $26 $55
1-4 $6.75 $64.25 $135 $3.25 $32 $67.50
2-4 $3.75 $35.75 $75 $1.75 $17.50 $37.50

Fare zones

The fare change occurred on Feb 1, 2024 reduced the number fare zones and the overall fare.

Fare zones 1 2 3 4
UP-N
MD-N
NCS
UP-NW
MD-W
UP-W
BNSF
HC
SWS
RI
ME