Your transit fares are going up again – starting on Canada Day.
Happy Canada Day!
Beginning Sunday, July 1, transit fares will increase by five to 10 cents. The change was announced in November 2016 as part of Phase One of the Mayors’ Council 10-Year Vision for Regional Transportation.
Single-use concession fares will increase by five cents for Stored Value fares and 10 cents for cash fares.
Single-use adult fares will increase by 10 cents (this includes HandyDART).
DayPass fares will increase by 25 cents.
Monthly pass fares will increase between $1 and $2, depending on zone type.
Fare increases will be the same on West Coast Express.
Compass Card holders who use Stored Value can still receive a discounted fare compared to cash customers. Even with these increases, according to TransLink, Metro Vancouver continues to have the lowest average fares of all major Canadian cities.
TransLink says these increases are helping to fund transit investments to increase capacity, reduce overcrowding and introduce bus service in new areas. Improvements being funded in part through annual fare increases include:
Five new B-Line bus routes, a 10% increase in bus service by 2019, a 15% increase in HandyDART service by 2019, and a 20% increase in rail service following the delivery of 56 new SkyTrain and 24 new Canada Line cars beginning later this year.
For more details, visit http://www.translink.ca/farechange
