VRE Riders To See Fares Rise on July 1

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If you use the Virginia Railway Express to commute to work in the District, you’ll be paying more for train tickets on July 1.

The railway’s Operations Board approved a fare increase last week at a meeting in Dale City, according to WRC-TV Channel 4 and the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star.

For Fredericksburg Line riders, the fare hike will add $12.20 to a monthly pass from Fredericksburg to L’Enfant Plaza and Union stations, to $318.10; $4.10 to a 10-ticket pass, to $105.60; and 45 cents to a single ticket, to $11.55.

For Manassas Line riders, the cost of a single-ride ticket will rise to $9.50; a 10-trip ticket to $86.50 and a monthly ticket to $260.80, acording to VRE’s website.

The increased fares are expected to pump an extra $1.1 million into the VRE fiscal 2016 budget, the Free Lance-Star reported.

The railway says the fare increase will help cover higher operational costs, including a new station scheduled to open this summer in Spotsylvania County, south of Fredericksburg.