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Metro-North New Haven Line Fares Increase In 2018: MTA

The increase is only in effect for stations on the Connecticut portion of the New Haven Line​.

Fares on Metro-North's New Haven Line will increase 1 percent on Jan. 1, 2018, the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced this week.

The increase is only in effect for stations on the Connecticut portion of the New Haven Line, whether traveling from station to station in Connecticut, or traveling from a Connecticut station to New York.

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"This is the last of seven consecutive annual fare increases that were previously authorized to fund the purchase of M8 rail cars," wrote MTA officials in a statement. The increases were approved by Connecticut Department of Transportation.

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